Export MySQL table to SQL using dynamic filename with current date

Want to export data from MySQL table to SQL using current date as file name?

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Export data from MySQL table to SQL file using dynamic filename with date and time

Login to MySQL -> Choose MySQL table -> Set SQL filename template including date -> Export MySQL to SQL using current date as file name

Choose MySQL and logon.

“Export From Table” for “SQL to MySQL“.

Select SQL file type.

1. Choose MySQL table.

2. Set SQL file options. Enter filename template, including date, #yyyy# is for current year, #mm# month, #dd# day, #hh# hour, #mi# minute, #ss# second.

3. Set rows options.

4. Export MySQL table data to SQL file. Dynamically created SQL file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output SQL files.

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MySQL → SQL reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in MySQL	in SQL
Float	DOUBLE	DOUBLE PRECISION
Long text	LONGTEXT	TEXT / CLOB
Datetime	DATETIME	TIMESTAMP
Binary	LONGBLOB	BLOB / BYTEA
Boolean	TINYINT(1)	BOOLEAN / SMALLINT
JSON	JSON	JSON / TEXT

Dialect differences

MySQL is a database server and SQL is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference - the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.

Property	in MySQL	in SQL
port	3306	—
identifiers	`backtick`	Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...
row limit	LIMIT n	—
dates	DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME	Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...
long text	TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT	—
binary	BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB	Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()
separator	—	Statement terminators (;)
encoding	—	No declaration
typing	—	Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee...
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows
ceiling	—	No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i...

Command line

Side	Command
MySQL	mysqldump, or mysql -e "SELECT ..." > out.csv
MySQL (load)	mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE

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