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Batch export data from Percona tables to JSON files
Login to Percona -> Select Percona tables -> Set JSON file options -> Export Percona tables to JSON
Choose Percona and logon.
Click “Export All Tables” at task dialog.
Select JSON file type.
1. Select Percona tables to export.
2. Set JSON options.
3. See Percona tables to be exported.
4. Set rows options.
5. Export Percona data to JSON files.
After exporting, you can view output JSON files.
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See also:
- Export Percona table to JSON
- Export Percona query results to JSON
- Export multiple similar Percona tables to one JSON file
Percona → JSON reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Percona | in JSON |
|---|---|---|
| Int | INT | 1234 (number) |
| Bigint | BIGINT | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | DECIMAL(p,s) | 1234.56 (number) |
| Float | DOUBLE | 1.234e10 (number) |
| Text | VARCHAR(n) | "text" (string) |
| Long text | LONGTEXT | "multi-line\ntext" (escaped newline inside a string) |
| Date | DATE | "2026-09-18" (string) |
| Datetime | DATETIME | "2026-09-18T14:30:00Z" (string) |
| Binary | LONGBLOB | "base64:..." (string) |
| Boolean | TINYINT(1) | true / false (boolean) |
| JSON | JSON | nested object or array, kept as structure |
Dialect differences
Percona is a database server and JSON 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 Percona | in JSON |
|---|---|---|
| port | 3306 | — |
| identifiers | `backtick` | Double quotes; backslash escapes |
| row limit | LIMIT n | — |
| dates | DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME | No date type: dates arrive as strings and the reader must p... |
| long text | TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT | — |
| binary | BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB | Not supported natively - base64 inside a string |
| separator | — | Braces and commas |
| encoding | — | UTF-8 by definition |
| typing | — | string, number, boolean, null, object, array - no date type |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Nested objects and arrays |
| ceiling | — | Whole document is usually parsed into memory |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Percona | mysqldump |
| Percona (load) | mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE |
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