Introduction
In this article we will learn how to use ZappyShell Command Line Tools for MySQL Excel Export from Table or Query result
The problem
There is no native way of Exporting MySQL Data to Excel. You can use some coding techniques or libraries but when things become complex you will run out of options quickly.
Solution
ZappyShell for DB can export your MySQL data to Excel, PDF, Excel, CSV in one line command. This is just single exe less than 5 MB.. Excel export allows you to export data in existing or new excel file. You can specify sheetname and Cell Location where you want to start writing data. Append mode can automatically add new data in the existing workbook.Download here. Now Lets check how to do this.
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 Excel Export – Download MySQL 5.2 ODBC Driver
MySQL Excel 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 Excel, Excel, CSV, PDF
MySQL Excel Export – Single table
c:\tools>db.exe export customers --out c:\data\customers.xlsx --excel --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 Excel 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.xlsx --excel --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 Excel 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.xlsx --excel --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 Excel Export – SQL Query
In the following example we are exporting output of SQL Query to Excel 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.xlsx --excel --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 Excel Export – Split Files and Tabs
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 Excel Export – Split By Row Count
In below example we are exporting MySQL customer table to Excel files and splitting files with maximum 1000 records per file option.
c:\tools>db.exe export customers --out c:\data\cust.xlsx --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 Excel Export – Split By File Size
In below example we are exporting MySQL customer table to Excel 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.xlsx --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 Excel 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.xlsx --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 Excel Export – Table to Excel, Split files by Country Column
MySQL Excel Export – Split sheets By Group By Column
In this example we have exported customers into separate sheet by country.
c:\tools>db.exe export customers --out c:\data\cust.xlsx --groupby Country --excel-split-ontab --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"
ZappyShell – Export MySQL to Excel Split on tabs
Exporting Compressed Excel files
If you want to output compressed Excel (GZIP format) then use below command.
c:\tools>db.exe export customers --out c:\data\cust.xlsx --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 Excel 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}}.xlsx --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 Excel. You can also use same command line to export in CSV, JSON, PDF format.