Import and insert sql.gz file into database with p

Question

I want to insert a sql.gz file into my database with SSH. What should I do?

For example I have a database from telephone numbers that name is numbers.sql.gz, what is this type of file and how can I import this file into my database?

Answer 1

For an oneliner, on linux or cygwin, you need to do public key authentication on the host, otherwise ssh will be asking for password.

gunzip -c numbers.sql.gz | ssh user@host mysql --user=user_name --password=your_password db_name

Or do port forwarding and connect to the remote mysql using a "local" connection:

ssh -L some_port:host:local_mysql_port user@host

then do the mysql connection on your local machine to localhost:some_port.

The port forwarding will work from putty too, with the similar -L option or you can configure it from the settings panel, somewhere down on the tree.

Answer 2

If the mysql dump was a .gz file, you need to gunzip to uncompress the file by typing $ gunzip mysqldump.sql.gz

This will uncompress the .gz file and will just store mysqldump.sql in the same location.

Type the following command to import sql data file:

$ mysql -u username -p -h localhost test-database < mysqldump.sql password: _