Provided by: mysql-utilities_1.6.4-1_all 
NAME
mysqldbimport - Import Object Definitions or Data into a Database
SYNOPSIS
mysqldbimport [options] import_file ...
DESCRIPTION
This utility imports metadata (object definitions), data, or both for one or more databases from one or
more files.
If an object exists on the destination server with the same name as an imported object, it may be dropped
first by using the --drop-first option.
To skip objects by type, use the --skip option with a list of the objects to skip. This enables you to
extract a particular set of objects, say, for importing only events (by excluding all other types).
Similarly, to skip creation of UPDATE statements for BLOB data, specify the --skip-blobs option.
To specify the input format, use one of the following values with the --format option. These correspond
to the output formats of the mysqldbexport utility:
• sql (default)
Input consists of SQL statements. For definitions, this consists of the appropriate CREATE and GRANT
statements. For data, this is an INSERT statement (or bulk insert if the --bulk-insert option is
specified).
• grid
Display output in grid or table format like that of the mysql client command-line tool.
• csv
Input is formatted in comma-separated values format.
• raw_csv
Input is a simple CSV file containing uniform rows with values separated with commas. The file can
contain a header (the first row) that lists the table columns. The option --table is required to use
this format.
• tab
Input is formatted in tab-separated format.
• vertical
Display output in single-column format like that of the \G command for the mysql client command-line
tool.
To indicate that input in csv or tab format does not contain column headers, specify the --no-headers
option.
To turn off all feedback information, specify the --quiet option.
You must provide connection parameters (user, host, password, and so forth) for an account that has the
appropriate privileges to access all objects in the operation. For details, see NOTES. Changing Storage
Engines.PP By default, the utility creates each table on the destination server using the same storage
engine as the original table. To override this and specify the storage engine to use for all tables
created on the destination server, use the --new-storage-engine option. If the destination server
supports the new engine, all tables use that engine.
To specify the storage engine to use for tables for which the destination server does not support the
original storage engine on the source server, use the --default-storage-engine option.
The --new-storage-engine option takes precedence over --default-storage-engine if both are given.
If the --new-storage-engine or --default-storage-engine option is given and the destination server does
not support the specified storage engine, a warning is issued and the server's default storage engine
setting is used instead. Importing Data with GTIDs.PP If you attempt to import databases on a server
with GTIDs enabled (GTID_MODE = ON), a warning will be generated if the import file did not include the
GTID statements generated by mysqldbexport.
The utility will also generate a warning if you import databases on a server without GTIDs enabled and
there are GTID statements present in the file. Use the --skip-gtid option to ignore the GTID statements.
To make the most use of GTIDs and export/import, you should export all of the databases on the server
with the
--all option. This will generate an export file with all of the databases and the GTIDs executed to that
point. Importing this file on another server will ensure that server has all of the data as well as all
of the GTIDs recorded correctly in its logs. OPTIONS.PP mysqldbimport accepts the following command-line
options:
• --help
Display a help message and exit.
• --license
Display license information and exit.
• --autocommit
Enable autocommit for data import. By default, autocommit is off and data changes are only committed
once at the end of each imported file.
• --bulk-insert, -b
Use bulk insert statements for data.
• --character-set=<charset>
Sets the client character set. The default is retrieved from the server variable
character_set_client.
• --default-storage-engine=<def_engine>
The engine to use for tables if the destination server does not support the original storage engine
on the source server.
• --drop-first, -d
Drop each database to be imported if exists before importing anything into it.
• --dryrun
Import the files and generate the statements but do not execute them. This is useful for testing
input file validity.
• --format=<format>, -f<format>
Specify the input format. Permitted format values are sql (default), grid, tab, csv, raw_csv, and
vertical.
• --import=<import_type>, -i<import_type>
Specify the import format. Permitted format values are:
Table 5.2. mysqldbimport Import Types
┌───────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Import Type │ Definition │
├───────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│ definitions (default) │ Only import the definitions │
│ │ (metadata) for the objects in the │
│ │ database │
│ │ list │
├───────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│ data │ Only import the table data for the │
│ │ tables in the database list │
├───────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│ both │ Import both the definitions │
│ │ (metadata) and data │
└───────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┘
If you attempt to import objects into an existing database, the result depends on the import format.
If the format is definitions or both, an error occurs unless --drop-first is given. If the format is
data, imported table data is added to existing table data.
• --max-bulk-insert
Specify the maximum number of INSERT statements to bulk, by default 30000. This option is only used
with --bulk-insert.
• --multiprocess
Specify the number of processes to concurrently import the specified files. Special values: 0 (number
of processes equal to the number of detected CPUs) and 1 (default - no concurrency). Multiprocessing
works at the files level for any operating systems.
• --new-storage-engine=<new_engine>
The engine to use for all tables created on the destination MySQL server.
• --no-headers, -h
Input does not contain column headers. This option only applies to the csv and tab file formats.
• --quiet, -q
Turn off all messages for quiet execution.
• --server=<server>
Connection information for the server.
To connect to a server, it is necessary to specify connection parameters such as the user name, host
name, password, and either a port or socket. MySQL Utilities provides a number of ways to supply this
information. All of the methods require specifying your choice via a command-line option such as
--server, --master, --slave, etc. The methods include the following in order of most secure to least
secure.
• Use login-paths from your .mylogin.cnf file (encrypted, not visible). Example :
<login-path>[:<port>][:<socket>]
• Use a configuration file (unencrypted, not visible) Note: available in release-1.5.0. Example :
<configuration-file-path>[:<section>]
• Specify the data on the command-line (unencrypted, visible). Example :
<user>[:<passwd>]@<host>[:<port>][:<socket>]
• --skip=<skip_objects>
Specify objects to skip in the operation as a comma-separated list (no spaces). Permitted values for
this list are; CREATE_DB, DATA, EVENTS, FUNCTIONS, GRANTS, PROCEDURES, TABLES, TRIGGERS, and VIEWS.
• --skip-blobs
Do not import BLOB data.
• --skip-gtid
Skip execution of GTID_PURGED statements.
• --skip-rpl
Do not execute replication commands.
• --ssl-ca
The path to a file that contains a list of trusted SSL CAs.
• --ssl-cert
The name of the SSL certificate file to use for establishing a secure connection.
• --ssl-cert
The name of the SSL key file to use for establishing a secure connection.
• --ssl
Specifies if the server connection requires use of SSL. If an encrypted connection cannot be
established, the connection attempt fails. Default setting is 0 (SSL not required).
• --table=<db>,<table>
Specify the table for importing. This option is required while using --format=raw_csv.
• --verbose, -v
Specify how much information to display. Use this option multiple times to increase the amount of
information. For example, -v = verbose, -vv = more verbose, -vvv = debug.
• --version
Display version information and exit.
NOTES.PP The login user must have the appropriate permissions to create new objects, access (read) the
mysql database, and grant privileges. If a database to be imported already exists, the user must have
read permission for it, which is needed to check the existence of objects in the database.
Actual privileges needed may differ from installation to installation depending on the security
privileges present and whether the database contains certain objects such as views or events and whether
binary logging is enabled.
Some combinations of the options may result in errors during the operation. For example, excluding tables
but not views may result in an error when a view is imported.
The --new-storage-engine and --default-storage-engine options apply to all destination tables in the
operation.
For the --format and --import options, the permitted values are not case sensitive. In addition, values
may be specified as any unambiguous prefix of a valid value. For example, --format=g specifies the grid
format. An error occurs if a prefix matches more than one valid value.
When importing data and including the GTID commands, you may encounter an error similar to "GTID_PURGED
can only be set when GTID_EXECUTED is empty". This occurs because the destination server is not in a
clean replication state. To solve this problem, you can issue a "RESET MASTER" command on the destination
prior to executing the import.
The path to the MySQL client tools should be included in the PATH environment variable in order to use
the authentication mechanism with login-paths. This will allow the utility to use the my_print_defaults
tools which is required to read the login-path values from the login configuration file (.mylogin.cnf).
Keep in mind that you can only take advantage of multiprocessing if your system has multiple CPUs
available for concurrent execution. Also note that multiprocessing is applied at the file level for the
mysqldbimport utility, which means that only different files can be concurrently imported. EXAMPLES.PP
To import the metadata from the util_test database to the server on the local host using a file in CSV
format, use this command:
shell> mysqldbimport --server=root@localhost --import=definitions \
--format=csv data.csv
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
# Importing definitions from data.csv.
#...done.
Similarly, to import the data from the util_test database to the server on the local host, importing the
data using bulk insert statements, use this command:
shell> mysqldbimport --server=root@localhost --import=data \
--bulk-insert --format=csv data.csv
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
# Importing data from data.csv.
#...done.
To import both data and definitions from the util_test database, importing the data using bulk insert
statements from a file that contains SQL statements, use this command:
shell> mysqldbimport --server=root@localhost --import=both --bulk-insert --format=sql data.sql
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
# Importing definitions and data from data.sql.
#...done.
PERMISSIONS REQUIRED.PP You also need permissions to create the new data directory and write data to it
including permissions to create all objects in the import stream such as views, events, and stored
routines. Thus, actual permissions vary based on the contents of the import stream.
COPYRIGHT
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SEE ALSO
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Utilities and Fabric documentation, which is available
online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/index-utils-fabric.html
AUTHOR
Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).
MySQL 1.6.3 08/01/2016 MYSQLDBIMPORT(1)