Import data from XML file to MySQL

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Import data from XML file to MySQL

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

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Select the “XML” file type.

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then show the wizard.

1. Open a XML file.

Support large ( > 4GB ) XML file.

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Here is the file’s content.

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2. Select a MySQL table and config fields.

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3. Preview data will be in MySQL table.

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4. Import XML data to MySQL.

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View imported data in MySQL table

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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`	`—`

Command line

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

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