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MySQL Export to CSV

Posted in mysql on February 14th, 2011 by Ben Boyter – Be the first to comment

Ever needed to export data from MySQL into a CSV file? Its actually fairly simple,

SELECT * INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/name.csv'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
ESCAPED BY '\\'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
FROM [tablename]

Certainly easier then writing a quick Python/Perl/PHP script to do the job.