Import data from XML file to MySQL

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Import data from XML file to MySQL

Login to MySQL -> Choose XML file -> Set MySQL table -> Import XML to MySQL

Choose MySQL and logon.

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

Select the “XML” file type.

then show the wizard.

1. Open a XML file.

Support large ( > 4GB ) XML file.

Here is the file’s content.

2. Select a MySQL table and config fields.

3. Preview data will be in MySQL table.

4. Import XML data to MySQL.

View imported data in MySQL table

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See also:

• Import multiple XML files to a single MySQL table
• Batch import XML files to MySQL tables

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 &amp; &lt;)	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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