Importing large sql file to MySql via command line

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I m trying to import an sql file of around 300MB to MySql via command line in Ubuntu  I used   source  var www myfile sql    Right now it s displaying a seemingly infinite rows of   Query OK  1 row affected  0 03 sec    However it s been running a little while now  I ve not imported a file this large before so I just want to know whether this is normal  if the process stalls or has some errors  will this show up in command line or will this process go on indefinitely   Thanks

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You can import  sql file using the standard input like this   mysql -u  lt user gt  -p lt password gt   lt dbname gt   lt  file sql  Note  There shouldn t space between  lt -p gt  and  lt password gt   Reference  http   dev mysql com doc refman 5 0 en mysql-batch-commands html  Note for suggested edits  This answer was slightly changed by suggested edits to use inline password parameter  I can recommend it for scripts but you should be aware that when you write password directly in the parameter  -p lt password gt   it may be cached by a shell history revealing your password to anyone who can read the history file  Whereas -p asks you to input password by standard input

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Guys regarding time taken for importing huge files most importantly it takes more time is because default setting of mysql is  quot autocommit   true quot   you must set that off before importing your file and then check how import works like a gem    First open MySQL   mysql -u root -p  Then  You just need to do following    mysql gt use your db mysql gt SET autocommit 0   source the sql file sql   COMMIT

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1 to  MartinNuc  you can run the mysql client in batch mode and then you won t see the long stream of  OK  lines   The amount of time it takes to import a given SQL file depends on a lot of things  Not only the size of the file  but the type of statements in it  how powerful your server server is  and how many other things are running at the same time     MartinNuc says he can load 4GB of SQL in 4-5 minutes  but I have run 0 5 GB SQL files and had it take 45 minutes on a smaller server   We can t really guess how long it will take to run your SQL script on your server     Re your comment    MartinNuc is correct you can choose to make the mysql client print every statement  Or you could open a second session and run mysql gt  SHOW PROCESSLIST to see what s running  But you probably are more interested in a  percentage done  figure or an estimate for how long it will take to complete the remaining statements   Sorry  there is no such feature  The mysql client doesn t know how long it will take to run later statements  or even how many there are   So it can t give a meaningful estimate for how much time it will take to complete

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Importing large sql file to MySql via command line   first download file   paste file on home  use following command in your terminals CMD   Syntax  mysql -u username -p databsename  lt  file sql   Example   mysql -u root -p aanew  lt  aanew sql

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The solution I use for large sql restore is a mysqldumpsplitter script  I split my sql gz into individual tables  then load up something like mysql workbench and process it as a restore to the desired schema    Here is the script https   github com kedarvj mysqldumpsplitter  And this works for larger sql restores  my average on one site I work with is a 2 5gb sql gz file  20GB uncompressed  and  100Gb once restored fully

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