Batch import data from multiple SQL files to a single Percona table

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Batch import data from SQL files to Percona

Choose Percona and logon.

Click “Wizard – N Files To 1 Table” at task dialog.

Select the “SQL” file type.

then show the wizard.

1. Select a folder that constains SQL files.

2. Config first SQL file importing options.

3. Select a Percona table and config fields.

4. Preview data.

5. Import SQL files to the Percona table.

View imported data

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See also:

• Import data from SQL file to Percona
• Bulk import data from SQL files to Percona tables at one time

SQL → Percona reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in SQL	in Percona
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 Percona 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 Percona
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
Percona	mysqldump
Percona (load)	mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE

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