How to easily import multiple sql files into a MySQL database

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I have several sql files and I want to import all of them at once into a MySQL database   I go to PHPMyAdmin  access the database  click import  select a file and import it  When I have more than a couple of files it takes a long time   I would like to know if there is a better way to import multiple files  something like one file which will import the other files or similar   I m using WAMP and I would like a solution that does not require installing additional programs on my computer

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The easiest solution is to copy paste every sql files in one   You can t add some sql markup for file importation  the imported files will be in your computer  not in the server  and I don t think MySQL manage some import markup for external sql files

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This is the easiest way that I have found   In Windows  powershell    cat   sql    C  wamp64 bin mysql mysql5 7 21 bin mysql exe -u user -p database  You will need to insert the path to your WAMP - MySQL above  I have used my systems path   In Linux  Bash    cat   sql   mysql -u user -p database

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just type   cat   sql  mysql -uroot -p   and mysql will import all the sql file in sequence

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You could also a for loop to do so     bin bash for i in   sql do     echo  quot Importing   i quot      mysql your db name  lt   i     wait done   Source

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I know it s been a little over two years    but I was looking for a way to do this  and wasn t overly happy with the solution posted  it works fine  but I wanted a little more information as the import happens   When combining all the SQL files in to one  you don t get any sort of progress updates    So I kept digging for an answer and thought this might be a good place to post what I found for future people looking for the same answer  Here s a command line in Windows that will import multiple SQL files from a folder  You run this from the command line while in the directory where mysql exe is located    for  f  f in   dir  b  lt dir gt   lt mask gt    do mysql --user  lt user gt  --password  lt password gt   lt dbname gt   lt   lt dir gt   f   With some assumed values  as an example    for  f  f in   dir  b c  sqlbackup   sql   do mysql --user mylogin --password mypass mydb  lt  c  sqlbackup  f   If you had two sets of SQL backups in the folder  you could change the   sql to something more specific  like mydb   sql

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Enter the mysql shell like this      mysql --host localhost --user username --password --database db   Then use the source command and a semicolon to seperate the commands      source file1 sql  source file2  source file3

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Save this file as  bat and run it    change variables inside parenthesis       echo off title Mysql Import Script cd  Folder Name   for   a in     do        echo Importing File      a       mysql -u username  -p password      na  lt    a   pause   if it s only one database modify     na  with the database name

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Goto cmd Type in command prompt C  users Usersname cd   sql tables folder path   Press Enter Ex  C  users Usersname cd E  project database Type command prompt C  users Usersname   sql folder s drive  directory name  Press Enter Ex  C  users Usersname E  Type command prompt for marge all  sql file table  in a single file copy  b   sql newdatabase sql Press Enter EX  E  project database copy  b   sql newdatabase sql You can see Merge Multiple  sql file  tables Files Into A Single File in your directory folder Ex  E  project database

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Just  type below command on your command prompt  amp  it will bind all sql file into single sql file   c  xampp mysql bin sql  type   sql  gt  OneFile sql

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in windows open windows powershell and go to the folder where sql files are  then run this command cat   sql    C  xampp mysql bin mysql exe -u username -p databasename

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In Windows  open a terminal  go to the content folder and write   copy  b   sql all files sql   This concate all files in only one  making it really quick to import with PhpMyAdmin   In Linux and macOS  as  BlackCharly pointed out  this will do the trick   cat   sql   gt   all files sql   Important Note  Doing it directly should go well  but it could end up with you stuck in a loop with a massive output file getting bigger and bigger due to the system adding the file to itself  To avoid it  two possible solutions    A  Put the result in a separate directory to be safe  Thanks  mosh     mkdir concatSql cat   sql   gt    concatSql all files sql   B  Concat them in a file with a different extension and then change it the name   Thanks  William Turrell   cat   sql   gt  all files sql1 mv all files sql1 all files sql

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