How to import an Excel table into a MySQL database?
To import an Excel spreadsheet into a MySQL database, you can follow these steps:
- Save the Excel spreadsheet as a CSV file. In Excel, go to “File” -> “Save As”, and choose “Comma Separated Values (.csv)” under “Save as type”.
- Create a new table in the MySQL database to store imported data, which can be done using either the MySQL command line or graphical interface tools.
- Import data from the file located at ‘file path’ into the table named ‘table’ with fields separated by commas and lines terminated by new lines, ignoring the first row.
- Execute the above SQL statement to import the data from the CSV file into a new table in the MySQL database.
Please ensure that the data format of the CSV file matches the data types of the target table during the import process to avoid any errors.