使用Python将DBF文件导入MySql数据库

Question

Is there a python code or libraries where I can import DBF files into a MySql database? because all i know is a csv file into mysql, but i would like to import directly the DBF into mysql where theres no need to convert the dbf into a csv.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Is there a python code or libraries where I can import DBF files into a MySql database?

No. MySql container files are not designed as an export/import format to be moved from machine to machine. What you propose does not work. Seriously. Ask me sometime how I know.

If you need a self-contained file-based SQL setup, consider using sqlite instead of mysql.

You can use mysqldump to write .sql files holding everything in a database, then load them into another server.

The MySQL server software comes with the mysql , mysqldump , and mysqladmin command line programs as part of the package. The way to move a database from one MySQL server to another is to dump the database to a .sql file, and then load that file into the other server. You'll only run into trouble with this if your database contains more than a few GiB of data.

mysqldump generates .sql to create your tables and to put your data into them. It's the best way to copy or move a database from one server to another.

Let's say your source server is on your own localhost machine, and the destination is on myserver.example.com . And let's say your username on both MySQL machines is artu , and your database name is deetu .

Export the database like this:

mysqldump -u artu -p deetu > deetudump.sql

Then on your target machine create the database and restore the .sql dump file.

mysqladmin -h myserver.example.com -u artu -p create deetu
mysql -h myserver.example.com -u artu -p deetu < deetudump.sql