4 easy steps to import Excel data to MySQL

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Import data from Excel to MySQL in 4 steps

Choose Excel file -> Set MySQL table -> Preview MySQL table -> Import Excel to MySQL

Choose MySQL and logon.

Click “Wizard – 1 File To 1 Table” for “Excel to MySQL”.

Select the “Excel” file type.

then show the wizard.

Step #1. Open an Excel file.

Step #2. Select a MySQL table and config fields.

Step #3. Preview MySQL table.

Step #4. Import Excel to MySQL.

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EXCEL → MySQL reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in EXCEL	in MySQL
Int	1234 (a real numeric cell)	INT
Bigint	9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text)	BIGINT
Decimal	1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals)	DECIMAL(p,s)
Float	1.234E+10 (numeric cell)	DOUBLE
Text	text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text	VARCHAR(n)
Long text	text cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row	LONGTEXT
Date	a serial number plus a date cell format	DATE
Datetime	a serial number plus a date-time cell format	DATETIME
Binary	not representable as data	LONGBLOB
Boolean	TRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell)	TINYINT(1)
JSON	a text cell; the quotes are part of the value	JSON

Dialect differences

EXCEL 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 EXCEL	in MySQL
port	—	3306
identifiers	Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value	`backtick`
row limit	—	LIMIT n
dates	Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo...	DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME
long text	—	TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT
binary	Only as text or an embedded object, not as a data column	BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB
separator	Cells, not delimiters	—
encoding	UTF-8 internally, declared in the package	—
typing	Real cell types: text, number, date, boolean, error	—
shape	Multiple sheets, each a flat grid	Tables of rows and columns
ceiling	1,048,576 rows x 16,384 columns per sheet; 255 sheets per w...	—

Command line

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

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