Want to import data from TSV file to Percona?
Try Withdata FileToDB, a desktop TSV to Percona converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Convert TSV to Percona, Easy and Fast.
- Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Convert locally and privately, avoid uploading large or private TSV file(s) to online services.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Import data from TSV file to Percona
Login to Percona -> Choose TSV file -> Set Percona table -> Import TSV to Percona
Choose Percona and logon.
Click “Wizard – 1 File To 1 Table” at task dialog.
Select the “TSV” file type.
then show the wizard.
1. Open a TSV file.
Support large ( > 4GB ) TSV file.
Here is the file’s content.
2. Select a Percona table and config fields.
3. Preview data will be in Percona table.
4. Import TSV data to Percona.
View imported data in Percona table
Import TSV to Percona in command line
Save “TSV to Percona” session, then you can:
- Import TSV to Percona in Windows command line.
- Import TSV to Percona in Linux command line.
- Import TSV to Percona in macOS command line.
Set scheduled tasks for importing TSV to Percona
You can schedule and automate this “TSV to Percona” conversion task by:
- Save session and create .bat (Windows) or .sh (Linux/macOS) file for “TSV to Percona” conversion.
- Set scheduled task for “TSV to Percona” conversion.
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See also:
TSV → Percona reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in TSV | in Percona |
|---|---|---|
| Int | 1234 | INT |
| Bigint | 9007199254740993 | BIGINT |
| Decimal | 1234.56 | DECIMAL(p,s) |
| Float | 1.234e+10 | DOUBLE |
| Text | unquoted; a tab in the value splits the column | VARCHAR(n) |
| Long text | unquoted; newlines break the row | LONGTEXT |
| Date | 2026-09-18 | DATE |
| Datetime | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 | DATETIME |
| Binary | not representable | LONGBLOB |
| Boolean | TRUE / FALSE | TINYINT(1) |
| JSON | the whole JSON value as-is (its own quotes stay) | JSON |
Dialect differences
TSV 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 TSV | in Percona |
|---|---|---|
| port | — | 3306 |
| identifiers | Rarely used, which is exactly why tabs in data break it | `backtick` |
| row limit | — | LIMIT n |
| dates | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 | DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME |
| long text | — | TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT |
| binary | Not supported - must be encoded | BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB |
| separator | Tab | — |
| encoding | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM | — |
| typing | None - every field is text | — |
| shape | Flat table, optional header row | Tables of rows and columns |
| ceiling | No formal limit | — |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Percona | mysqldump |
| Percona (load) | mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE |
Convert your data online, free
Free in-browser converters for CSV, Excel, JSON, XML and SQL: Withdata Online Data Conversion. Large files, batch conversion or scheduling? See the offline desktop apps, or browse all data conversion tools.
New to the format? Read what a TSV file is (and how it differs from CSV).
