Parse online RSS feeds and save to MySQL

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Import online RSS feeds to MySQL

Choose MySQL and logon.

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

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Select “Source Type” with “Url”.

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then show the wizard.

1. Input the RSS feeds URL, and download to XML file.

2. Open the saved XML file.

3. Config target MySQL table.

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You can create new MySQL table by XML struct, just a few mouse clicks.

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Select table and config fields.

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4. Preview data will be in MySQL table.

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5. Import RSS feed to MySQL.

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See importing results in MySQL table

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RSS → MySQL reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in RSS	in MySQL
Int	`<int>1234</int> or a child element`	`INT`
Bigint	`<bigint>9007199254740993</bigint>`	`BIGINT`
Decimal	`<decimal>1234.56</decimal>`	`DECIMAL(p,s)`
Float	`<float>1.234e10</float>`	`DOUBLE`
Text	`<title>text</title>`	`VARCHAR(n)`
Long text	`<description>text</description>, usually wrapped in CDATA`	`LONGTEXT`
Date	`<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> (RFC 822)`	`DATE`
Datetime	`<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2026 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate> (RFC 822)`	`DATETIME`
Binary	`an enclosure URL, never inline bytes`	`LONGBLOB`
Boolean	`not part of the feed vocabulary`	`TINYINT(1)`
JSON	`not part of the feed vocabulary`	`JSON`

Dialect differences

RSS 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 RSS	in MySQL
port	`—`	`3306`
identifiers	`XML quoting; content is usually escaped in CDATA`	`backtick`
row limit	`—`	`LIMIT n`
dates	`RFC 822 text, for example Mon, 18 Sep 2026 14:30:00 GMT`	`DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME`
long text	`—`	`TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT`
binary	`Via enclosure URLs, not inline`	`BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB`
separator	`XML elements`	`—`
encoding	`Declared in the XML declaration`	`—`
typing	`None`	`—`
shape	`Channel plus repeated <item> elements`	`Tables of rows and columns`
ceiling	`A feed is a window on recent items, not a full data set`	`—`

Command line

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

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