MySQL Exporting query output to CSV

Question

[MySQL Workbench 6.2 on Windows7]

I can export the query results clicking in the MySQL workbench export icon. See image below:

However, I need to do this repeatedly in different loops, so I would like to include it in my script.

I have tried:

SELECT * from TABLENAME where ID = 123456 INTO OUTFILE 'C:/Users/username/Desktop/test.csv' FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' ESCAPED BY '\\' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';

I also tried the filepath with \\\\ instead of / , and also with LINES TERMINATED BY '\\r \\n' as I have seen in other posts.

When I tried this, I get Permission Denied [Errcode 13] despite I have grated my user file permissions in the MySQL command client too with the following code:

USE mysql;
UPDATE user SET File_priv = 'Y' WHERE User = 'db_user';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Any ideas why it is still not working? Any good alternative is also welcome!

Answer 1

This is due to folder access permission for mysql. So use below path to write csv file.

C:\\Users\\<user_name>\\AppData\\Local\\Temp

Let suppose your system has user name ABC then your query should be.

SELECT * from TABLENAME where ID = 123456 INTO OUTFILE 'C:\\Users\\ABC\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\test.csv' FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' ESCAPED BY '\\' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';