How to restore single table from full MySQL database dump?
Sometime ago we switched from Piwik PRO to Matomo and of course we wanted to migrate logs. We couldn’t just use the full MySQL / MariaDB database dump and go with it as table names and the schema was different (Piwik PRO 3.1.1. -> Matomo 3.5.1).
How to restore from a SQL dump file?
Restoring an SQL dump file using the SOURCE command. To restore the mydb.sql SQL dump file, you follow these steps: The command created a database mydb, select the database, and execute other SQL statements. In addition, it showed all the possible warnings and errors. It is recommended that you use the SOURCE command to restore a dump file
How can I restore a table from MySQL?
Also for testing purpose, you may want to change the table name before importing: To import you can then use the mysql command: One possible way to deal with this is to restore to a temporary database, and dump just that table from the temporary database. Then use the new script.
How to extract a table from a MySQL file?
You can try to use sed in order to extract only the table you want. Let say the name of your table is mytable and the file mysql.dump is the file containing your huge dump: This will copy in the file mytable.dump what is located between CREATE TABLE mytable and the next CREATE TABLE corresponding to the next table.
How to restore a database using mysqlump?
Restoring a MySQL database using mysqldump is simple. To restore the database, you must create an empty database. First, let us drop and recreate the sakila database by executing the following command. mysql> drop database sakila;
Can a selected file be restored by mysqldump?
The selected file was generated by mysqldump and cannot be restored by this application. How do I get this working? It should be as simple as running this: If the dump is of a single database you may have to add a line at the top of the file: