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title: "Export CSV directly from MySQL"
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kind: article
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slug: export-csv-directly-from-mysql
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created_at: 2008-11-27
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tags:
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- General
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- MySQL
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- csv
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- quick
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- trick
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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. |