I want to export a table of a database on phpMyAdmin into csv file.
I tried SELECT * FROM Table_Name into outfile'D:/wamp/www/projectName/fileName.csv'; but it's very ugly. How to make it more presentable?
Thank you in advance.
So you want it in Excel, in the end? In phpMyAdmin, view the table. In the tabs at the top, choose "Export". Choose whichever Excel format you want from the list at the left-hand side. Choose the options you want, hit "Go".
(If you just want CSV, this screen also gives you a friendly way of adjusting the CSV options, e.g. using a comma rather than a semicolon as the separator, which will probably go down better with Excel and other CSV importers.)
From Excel go to Data - (import) From Text, choose Delimited and select ";"
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First, a grumble: MS builds SQL Server Studio AND Excel, but can't make one save in the standard format of the other?
OK, I'm a data analyst, but not allowed to change/mod either the data or structures directly. So full READ, but no WRITE.
I'm trying to do a dump so I can do some of this analysis offline, as I have no remote access either.
So one VARCHAR2 column in this table is for comments on the purchase of the asset being described/tracked. Of course, there are commas. The only export types built into SQL Server Studio are .csv and .txt, and .csv just turns into a mess when 'comma' is included as a delimiter.
So after an hour or so of screwing around with this, (including reading a thread on methods for excluding the one column from a SELECT while still exporting the other 221 columns in the table, without having to write them all out manually (fun reading, impressive, but means I'd have to figure out which of them actually works, and then still export the one column separately and insert it in the Excel separately)) I am throwing this problem on the pile at StackOverflow.
Someone else must have worked around this frustration of the .csv format as export VS the commas embedded in 'comment' text.
Any help would be appreciated.
Why don't you simply select all data in ssms result window, then copy and then paste in a blank excel file?
It should copy paste all data in correct format including comma valued fields in single column.
Try that.
So If you replace the ' to some special character you can export it.
Select
Replace(columnName,'''','`')
from Table
Other solution if you use the manager studio
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/integration-services/import-export-data/start-the-sql-server-import-and-export-wizard
I have a following table in xlsx format which I would like to import into the my sql database:
The table is pretty complicated and I only want the records after '1)HEADING'
I have been looking at php libraries to import into sql but they only seem to be for simple excel files.
You have two ways to realize that :
First method :
1) Export it into some text format. The easiest will probably be a tab-delimited version, but CSV can work as well.
2) Use the load data capability. See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/load-data.html
3) Look half way down the page, as it will gives a good example for tab separated data:
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t' ENCLOSED BY '' ESCAPED BY '\'
4) Check your data. Sometimes quoting or escaping has problems, and you need to adjust your source, import command-- or it may just be easier to post-process via SQL.
Second method :
There's a simple online tool that can do this called sqlizer.io.
You upload an XLSX file to it, enter a sheet name and cell range, and it will generate a CREATE TABLE statement and a bunch of INSERT statements to import all your data into a MySQL database.
Trying (and largely succeeding) to export the results of a query from SQL Server to Excel, like so:
insert into OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
'Excel 8.0;Database=c:\exported excel files\exported_data.xls;',
'SELECT * FROM [Query$]') SELECT dbo.blabbityblah FROM dbo.the_table
It works! Sort of. It does export the data to the excel file, but it puts it all in there as text, even though some of the columns are datetime and most of them are numbers. None of them are being convert()-ed in the query itself. I've tried preformatting the cells in the actual Excel file before running the query, but it ignores the existing formating and spits it all out as text again.
There's got to be a way to do this, right?
excel dont have data type, its text based and preformat not work becus it replace existing file. if u want datatype try MS Access.
Look into using a schema.ini file to define the datatypes in a csv or txt. when you open either in excel you may achieve what you want
[sample_out.csv]
Format=CSVDelimited
DecimalSymbol=.
Col1=DATE datetime
Col2=FName Text
Another approach you may want to look at depending on your needs is to use the import and export wizard. You can customize a query for the data and specify the data type in the wizard. If you are using a SKU other than Express you can the run it right away or save the SSIS package is generated for further manipulation.
I have a csv file with special characters. I like to use Excel because I can change the columns, concatenate, etc., to change the entire table to my required table in MySQL. But Excel just opens it showing weird characters for special characters, so in the end before I import to my MySQL via phpMyAdmin, the data is alraedy broke.
What is the best way for me to edit a table with special characters for importing to phpMyAdmin later?
You should be able to tell Excel what character set to parse the file in when opening it. Try playing with the various character sets the import dialog has to offer. (It shows an import dialog, right? I only have OpenOffice here.)
You will need to go through that exercise anyway at some point, because you will need to know the file's character set when importing it into the data base.
I am trying to import data from a CSV file to a SQL Server 2008 table. Data upload is working, but I want to import only selected columns, not all, and add them to a a new table, of same no. of columns, using the wizard, but its not happening, the wizard is selecting all the columns.
So is it possible using wizard that I only import selected columns.
If you are using the Import / Export wizard, when you get to Select Source Tables and Views click on the button "Edit Mappings" on the bottom left of the screen. That opens column mappings screen; on the destination column select Ignore to remove the column you don't want to import.
Since most people searching this question in 2019 aren't going to be using SQL2008, I'll add this for SQL Server 2016:
When you choose your Flat File data source, there is an Advanced option to the left of the window. Click that.
You will see a list of field names, and just below that there are 3 buttons. One of them is Delete.
Highlight the field you do not want to include and click the Delete button. Do this for all fields you do not wish to import.
First Use same data type which declare in choose data source file. After choosing "destination file" go to edit mapping, and select "edit sql" and take only selected column and declare the same data type. edit mapping select Ignore which column you don't want and declare same data type.