Export MySQL table to XML using dynamic filename with current date

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

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

Choose MySQL and logon.

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

Select XML file type.

1. Choose MySQL table.

2. Set XML 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 XML file. Dynamically created XML file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output XML files.

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MySQL → XML reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in MySQL	in XML
Int	INT	<int>1234</int>
Bigint	BIGINT	<bigint>9007199254740993</bigint>
Decimal	DECIMAL(p,s)	<decimal>1234.56</decimal>
Float	DOUBLE	<float>1.234e10</float>
Text	VARCHAR(n)	<char>text</char>
Long text	LONGTEXT	<text>multi-line text</text> (entities for &amp; &lt;)
Date	DATE	<date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD)
Datetime	DATETIME	<datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime)
Binary	LONGBLOB	<blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary)
Boolean	TINYINT(1)	<bool>true</bool>
JSON	JSON	escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree

Dialect differences

MySQL is a database server and XML 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 XML
port	3306	—
identifiers	`backtick`	Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ...
row limit	LIMIT n	—
dates	DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME	Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play)
long text	TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT	—
binary	BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB	base64Binary / hexBinary inside text
separator	—	Tags, not delimiters
encoding	—	Declared in the XML declaration
typing	—	None in the markup itself
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Arbitrary tree
ceiling	—	Whole document is usually parsed into memory

Command line

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

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