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date = "2008-11-27"
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title = "Export CSV directly from MySQL"
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tags = ["General", "MySQL", "csv", "quick", "trick"]
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slug = "export-csv-directly-from-mysql"
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How ofter were you asked by a client for a CSV (or excel) file with data from their app? I get asked that question quite often, so I wanted make the process as easy as possible. And guess what? You can create CSV files directly from MySQL with just one query!
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Let's say you want to export the id, name and email fields from your users table to a CSV file. Here is your code:
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<pre lang="sql">SELECT id, name, email INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/result.csv'
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FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
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ESCAPED BY ‘\\’
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LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
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FROM users WHERE 1</pre>
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Well, if you know MySQL, you'll know how to customize this query to spit out the the right data. Your csv file can be found in /tmp/result.csv
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Make sure your MySQL server has write permissions to the location where you want to store your results file.
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