MySQL CSV Export from Table or Query result

ZappyShell for DB can export your MySQL data to CSV, PDF, Excel in one line command. This is just single exe less than 5 MB.. CSV export allows you to export data in overwite or append mode. You can specify header, escape sequence, qualifiers and some other advanced options for CSV export.

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Download and Install MySQL ODBC Driver

To export data from MySQL we will need ODBC Driver. In this tutorial we have use MySQL ODBC 5.2 Driver but if you are using different driver then change connection string accordingly.

Download and Install MySQL ODBC Driver from below URL
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/

MySQL CSV Export – Download MySQL 5.2 ODBC Driver

MySQL CSV Export – Install MySQL ODBC Driver

Download and Install ZappyShell Command Line Tools

Now next step is we need to Download and Install ZappyShell Command Line tools from hereYou can Download MSI Installer or XCopy Zip file which you can simply extract and copy (see below).

ZappyShell Command Line Tools – Export CSV, Excel, JSON, PDF

MySQL CSV Export – Single table

c:\tools>db.exe export customers --out c:\data\customers.csv --csv --overwrite --connstr "Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=your_server_name_or_ip;Port=3306;Uid=user1;pwd=SomeP@ssword;Database=your_db_name"

MySQL CSV Export – Multiple tables

In the following example we are exporting 3 tables (seperated by vertical bar)

c:\tools>db.exe export customers|orders|products --out c:\data\customers.csv --csv --overwrite --connstr "Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=your_server_name_or_ip;Port=3306;Uid=user1;pwd=SomeP@ssword;Database=your_db_name"

MySQL CSV Export – Multiple tables (using pattern)

In below example all tables where name staring with cust will be exported from sales schema.

c:\tools>db.exe export cust% --schema Sales --out c:\data\customers.csv --csv --overwrite --connstr "Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=your_server_name_or_ip;Port=3306;Uid=user1;pwd=SomeP@ssword;Database=your_db_name"

MySQL CSV Export – SQL Query

In the following example we are exporting output of SQL Query to CSV file. If you have complex query with multi line then you can use Map file with one dataset node.

c:\tools>db.exe export "select * from customers where country like 'US%'" --out c:\data\customers.csv --csv --overwrite --connstr "Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=your_server_name_or_ip;Port=3306;Uid=user1;pwd=SomeP@ssword;Database=your_db_name"

MySQL CSV Export – Split Files

Sometimes you may have need to split large amount of data into multiple files. With ZappyShell command line you can split data three different ways. Lets check each example.

MySQL CSV Export – Split By Row Count

In below example we are exporting MySQL customer table to CSV files and splitting files with maximum 1000 records per file option.

c:\tools>db.exe export customers --out c:\data\cust.csv --split --splitrows 1000 --connstr "Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=your_server_name_or_ip;Port=3306;Uid=user1;pwd=SomeP@ssword;Database=your_db_name"

MySQL CSV Export – Split By File Size

In below example we are exporting MySQL customer table to CSV files and splitting files with maximum file size = 10MB option. You also use other size specifier like KB, GB, BYTES etc.

c:\tools>db.exe export customers --out c:\data\cust.csv --split --splitsize 10MB --connstr "Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=your_server_name_or_ip;Port=3306;Uid=user1;pwd=SomeP@ssword;Database=your_db_name"

MySQL CSV Export – Split By Group By Column

In this example we have exported customers in to separate file by country.

c:\tools>db.exe export customers --out c:\data\cust.csv --groupby Country --connstr "Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=your_server_name_or_ip;Port=3306;Uid=user1;pwd=SomeP@ssword;Database=your_db_name"

MySQL CSV Export – Table to CSV, Split files by Country Column

Exporting Compressed CSV files

If you want to output compressed CSV (GZIP format) then use below command.

c:\tools>db.exe export customers --out c:\data\cust.csv --gzip --connstr "Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=your_server_name_or_ip;Port=3306;Uid=user1;pwd=SomeP@ssword;Database=your_db_name"

Using date time place holders in CSV file name

If you want to use date time place holders in file name so it automatically uses specified date time parts use below command simply putting specifiers in file name anywhere.

c:\tools>db.exe export customers --out c:\data\cust_{{YYYY}}_{{MM}}_{{DD}}_{{HH24}}{{MI}}{{SS}}.csv --connstr "Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.2 ANSI Driver};Server=your_server_name_or_ip;Port=3306;Uid=user1;pwd=SomeP@ssword;Database=your_db_name"

Conclusion

In this article we have gone through few ways to use ZappyShell Command Line Tools to export data from MySQL to CSV. You can also use same command line to export in CSV, JSON, PDF format.

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