4 easy steps to import XML data to MySQL

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Import data from XML file to MySQL in 4 steps

Choose XML file -> Set MySQL table -> Preview -> Import

Choose MySQL and logon.

convert XML file to MySQL table - Choose MySQL and logon

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

convert XML file to MySQL table - task window

Select the “XML” file type.

Import file data to database table - select file type

then show the wizard.

Step #1. Open an XML file.

Import XML Data To MySQL - open XML file

Step #2. Select a table and config fields.

Load Data From XML To MySQL - select table

Step #3. Preview data.

Transfer Data From XML To MySQL - preview

Step #4. Import.

Convert Data From XML To MySQL - import data

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XML → MySQL reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in XML	in MySQL
Int	`<int>1234</int>`	`INT`
Bigint	`<bigint>9007199254740993</bigint>`	`BIGINT`
Decimal	`<decimal>1234.56</decimal>`	`DECIMAL(p,s)`
Float	`<float>1.234e10</float>`	`DOUBLE`
Text	`<char>text</char>`	`VARCHAR(n)`
Long text	`<text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <)`	`LONGTEXT`
Date	`<date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD)`	`DATE`
Datetime	`<datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime)`	`DATETIME`
Binary	`<blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary)`	`LONGBLOB`
Boolean	`<bool>true</bool>`	`TINYINT(1)`
JSON	`escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree`	`JSON`

Dialect differences

XML 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 XML	in MySQL
port	`—`	`3306`
identifiers	`Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ...`	`backtick`
row limit	`—`	`LIMIT n`
dates	`Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play)`	`DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME`
long text	`—`	`TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT`
binary	`base64Binary / hexBinary inside text`	`BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB`
separator	`Tags, not delimiters`	`—`
encoding	`Declared in the XML declaration`	`—`
typing	`None in the markup itself`	`—`
shape	`Arbitrary tree`	`Tables of rows and columns`
ceiling	`Whole document is usually parsed into memory`	`—`