Import each table data in a SQL file to a separate MySQL table

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Import data from each table in a SQL file to a separate MySQL table

Select tables in SQL file -> Set MySQL tables -> Import SQL data to MySQL

Choose MySQL and logon.

Click “Wizard – 1 File To N Tables” at task dialog.

Select the “SQL” file type.

then show the wizard.

1. Open a SQL file, select tables.

2. Show existing MySQL tables, choose “Import Type”.

3. Set MySQL tables.

4. Show summary, set “Convert Rows”.

5. Import data from each table in a SQL file to a separate MySQL table.

View imported data in MySQL table

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SQL → MySQL reference

Type mapping

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

Dialect differences

SQL is a file format and MySQL is a database server, so the target has to be told the types the file never carried - the rows below are where the two sides diverge.

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