Comments on: How to restore MySQL database from sql dump file?

By: makandal

makandal — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:38:27 +0000

very very usefull.
i am using mysql on mc os snow leopard. going to try restore a database.
i am not very comfortable with unix. So i’m going to try!

By: Amyou

Amyou — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:30:28 +0000

In the save.sql file you will find a line like “Host: localhost Database: old”. Change the database name to “qwerty” instead of “old”. It will work.

By: chua

chua — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:08:02 +0000

it cant change the name as the db name already specified in the save.sql file. unless u edit the db name from the save.sql file then it will restore the mysql database to a new database name.

By: Zoli

Zoli — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:25:03 +0000

Hy,
is there a way to restore a saved database on a diffrent PC using a new name for it? (we use InnoDB)

example:
original database name is: old
mysqldump -u -p -Rl old > c:\save.sql

intended new database name: qwerty
mysql -u -p qwerty < c:\save.sql

it will not do what i want, it still restores the db with its original name

By: Arunabh Das

Arunabh Das — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:38:57 +0000

Anyone know of a powershell way to do the above? – Arunabh Das

By: The Edifier

The Edifier — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:24:42 +0000

Executing the script from within a DOS command window and from within the MYSQL shell …. that is the difference …

The examples given above all are relating to executing the command from within a DOS shell …

C:\mysql -u root -p humandb

then you can execute the program file by using just the file name … mysql in which case … the command along with the parameters would look like

C:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.1.30\bin>mysql -u root -p humandb dbname < D:\sth\human.sql

By: mark

mark — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:01:12 +0000

using vista ultimate x64, i was struggling with importing sql file into my local database. what I eventually figured out is, that you need to be in root directory (c:\) and you can’t be anywhere further (c:\ mysql\bin) ! that at least worked for me.
co in my case command looked like that:
C:\mysql -u root -p humandb < D:\sth\human.sql

hope that helps!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:16:59 +0000

Worked for me too! Thanks!

To just get one table, not the whole database you just need to add the table after the database name, as described below:

mysqldump original_databasename tablename > dumped_table.sql

mysql original_or_new_databasename < dumped_table.sql

This will create a table and insert any dumped contents from that table into the database.

By: chua

chua — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:23:59 +0000

Sameer, if you have more than 200MB db,
import it using mysql command
mysql -u #username# -p #database# abc.sql; before.

By: Sameer

Sameer — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:00:45 +0000

How to modify php.ini to allow to impoert databases of more than 200MB.
any suggestions..

what are the differences between
mysqldump -u name -ppass dbname > abc.sql;
and
mysql -u name -ppass dbname > abc.sql;