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Import online RSS feeds to MySQL
Choose MySQL and logon.
Click “Wizard – 1 File To 1 Table” at task dialog.
Select “Source Type” with “Url”.
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.
You can create new MySQL table by XML struct, just a few mouse clicks.
Select table and config fields.
4. Preview data will be in MySQL table.
5. Import RSS feed to MySQL.
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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