Mysql Loader Tutorial

Mysql Loaded Tutorial is used to import a data to a plain text from Mysql database. The Plain Text is used as backup file from which the data is again imported to Loaded Employee.

Understand with Example

To Understand and grasp this example we create a table 'employee1' with required fieldnames and datatypes.

Query to Create Table named employee1:

mysql>CREATE TABLE employee1 (              
         ->    Empid int(10),         
         ->    Empname varchar(60),   
         ->    date date 
         ->  );

Query to insert data into Table named employee1:

Insert into is used to add the records or rows to the table 'employee1'.

mysql>insert into employee1 values(01,'Girish','2008-12-20');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>insert into employee1 values(02,'Komal','2008-12-21');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>insert into employee1 values(03,'vineet','2008-12-21');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>insert into employee1 values(04,'Amit','2008-12-20');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>insert into employee1 values(02,'Komal','2008-12-23');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>insert into employee1 values(02,'Sandeep','2008-12-24');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>insert into employee1 values(02,'suman','2008-12-25');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>insert into employee1 values(01,'AAA',' 2008-12-03');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)

Query to view data of Table named employee1:

mysql> select * from employee1;
+-------+---------+------------+
| Empid | Name    | DOB        |
+-------+---------+------------+
| 1     | Girish  | 2008-12-20 |
| 2     | Komal   | 2008-12-21 |
| 3     | vineet  | 2008-12-21 |
| 4     | Amit    | 2008-12-20 |
| 2     | Komal   | 2008-12-23 |
| 2     | Sandeep | 2008-12-24 |
| 2     | suman   | 2008-12-25 |
| 1     | AAA     | 2008-12-03 |
+-------+---------+------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

The Query is used to create backup file of table name 'employee1'.

mysql> select * into outfile 'C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/employee.txt'
    -> fields terminated by '\t'
    -> lines terminated by '\n'
    -> from employee1;
Query OK, 8 rows affected (0.01 sec)

Output :-

1	Girish	2008-12-20
2	Komal	2008-12-21
3	vineet	2008-12-21
4	Amit	2008-12-20
2	Komal	2008-12-23
2	Sandeep	2008-12-24
2	suman	2008-12-25
1	AAA	2008-12-03

Query to create table in which the data of the above file(employee.txt) is loaded:

The Query given below is used to create a table 'Loaded Employee' in which the above backup data file is loaded.

mysql> CREATE TABLE LoadedEmployee (
    ->              Empid int(10),
    ->              Empname varchar(60),
    ->              date date
    ->           );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)

Query to load data from backup file created above of Table named employee1:

The Query given below is used to load the data from a text file 'employee.txt' into a Mysql table name 'Loaded Employee'.

mysql> LOAD DATA INFILE 'C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/employee.txt'
    -> INTO TABLE LoadedEmployee
    -> FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
    -> LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';
Query OK, 8 rows affected (0.05 sec)
Records: 8  Deleted: 0  Skipped: 0  Warnings: 0

Query to show data loaded in table loadedEmployee:-

mysql> select * from loadedEmployee;
+-------+---------+------------+
| Empid | Empname | date       |
+-------+---------+------------+
|     1 | Girish  | 2008-12-20 |
|     2 | Komal   | 2008-12-21 |
|     3 | vineet  | 2008-12-21 |
|     4 | Amit    | 2008-12-20 |
|     2 | Komal   | 2008-12-23 |
|     2 | Sandeep | 2008-12-24 |
|     2 | suman   | 2008-12-25 |
|     1 | AAA     | 2008-12-03 |
+-------+---------+------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

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