I am trying to restore a mysql db using a .sql.gz file. I am using mySql console to run a command because file size is too large for phpMyAdmin. Command I am using is
gunzip C:/Vik/Gya/Source/beed_2013-04-06.sql.gz | mysql -u root -p bd
where root is the user id. There is no password for root. bd is the database to which I am trying to import. mysql is running on my local machine (Windows 8). I have a wamp setup.
This is the error I am getting:
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the
manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right
syntax to use near 'gunzip
C:/Vikalp/Gyankosh/Source/beedictionary_2013-04-06.sql | mysql -u root
-p'
at line 1.
If you type gunzip
and you get a SQL syntax error that complaints about gunzip, you are already logged into the mysql console. The mysql console is not a general purpose shell!
You are using Windows and I suspect you haven't installed gzip in your computer (it isn't a builtin utility). It's a classical Unix tool but you can find binaries for Windows. Install it and run your original command with a couple of tweaks:
Make sure you're in Windows prompt (C:\>
)
Redirect gunzip result to stdout rather than a file:
gunzip --stdout C:/Vik/Gya/Source/beed_2013-04-06.sql.gz | mysql -u root -p bd
Alternatively, you can run the dump from within MySQL promt (mysql>
) if you uncompress it first (you don't need specifically command-line gzip, most GUI archivers such as 7-Zip support this format):
mysql> \. C:/Vikalp/Gyankosh/Source/beedictionary_2013-04-06.sql
You need -c option (output to stdout)
gunzip -c xxx.sql.gz |mysql -u root -p
While Kisoft´s answer is the correct one, I just wanted to point out that you don´t need the -c, it works just fine as it is.
this command will unzip the database dump and import it into the database at the same time.
gunzip < output.sql.gz | mysql -u <username> -p<password> <database>
Your answer is already here
phpMyAdmin: Can't import huge database file, any suggestions?
Under php.ini file, normally located in c:\xampp\php or wampp whatever you called
post_max_size=128M
upload_max_filesize=128M
Changing value there will get you what you want.Good luck
Dont forget to restart , apache and mysql .
you do not need to gunzip
just:
zcat myfile.gz | mysql -uuser -ppassword mydatabase
it is faster this way
Try this following steps to restore db using .gz files:
1. Run command : gunzip C:/Vik/Gya/Source/beed_2013-04-06.sql.gz
This will uncompress the .gz file and will just store beed_2013-04-06.sql in the same location.
2. Type the following command to import sql data file:
mysql -u username -p bd < C:/Vik/Gya/Source/beed_2013-04-06.sql