compare differences between two tables in mysql

Question

Same as oracle diff: how to compare two tables? except in mysql.

Suppose I have two tables, t1 and t2 which are identical in layout but which may contain

Answer 1

Based on Haim's answer I created a PHP code to test and display all the differences between two databases. This will also display if a table is present in source or test databases. You have to change with your details the <> variables content.

";
    $Pass = "";
    $SourceDB = "";
    $TestDB = "";

    $link = new mysqli( "p:". "localhost", $User, $Pass, "" );

    if ( mysqli_connect_error() ) {

        die('Connect Error ('. mysqli_connect_errno() .') '. mysqli_connect_error());

    }

    mysqli_set_charset( $link, "utf8" );
    mb_language( "uni" );
    mb_internal_encoding( "UTF-8" );

    $sQuery = 'SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA="'. $SourceDB .'";';

    $SourceDB_Content = query( $link, $sQuery );

    if ( !is_array( $SourceDB_Content) ) {

        echo "Table $SourceDB cannot be accessed";
        exit(0);

    }

    $sQuery = 'SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA="'. $TestDB .'";';

    $TestDB_Content = query( $link, $sQuery );

    if ( !is_array( $TestDB_Content) ) {

        echo "Table $TestDB cannot be accessed";
        exit(0);

    }

    $SourceDB_Tables = array();
    foreach( $SourceDB_Content as $item ) {
        $SourceDB_Tables[] = $item["TABLE_NAME"];
    }

    $TestDB_Tables = array();
    foreach( $TestDB_Content as $item ) {
        $TestDB_Tables[] = $item["TABLE_NAME"];
    }
    //var_dump( $SourceDB_Tables, $TestDB_Tables );
    $LookupTables = array_merge( $SourceDB_Tables, $TestDB_Tables );
    $NoOfDiscrepancies = 0;
    echo "

    

    ";

    foreach( $LookupTables as $table ) {

        $FoundInSourceDB = in_array( $table, $SourceDB_Tables ) ? 1 : 0;
        $FoundInTestDB = in_array( $table, $TestDB_Tables ) ? 1 : 0;
        echo "

       
        ";

    }

    echo "

    

    

        
Table
        
Found in $SourceDB (". count( $SourceDB_Tables ) .")
        
Found in $TestDB (". count( $TestDB_Tables ) .")
        
Test result
    

        
$table
        
 
        
   
        
". compareTables( $SourceDB, $TestDB, $table ) ."
  
    
    


    No of discrepancies found: $NoOfDiscrepancies
    ";


    function query( $link, $q ) {

        $result = mysqli_query( $link, $q );

        $errors = mysqli_error($link);
        if ( $errors > "" ) {

            echo $errors;
            exit(0);

        }

        if( $result == false ) return false;
        else if ( $result === true ) return true;
        else {

            $rset = array();

            while ( $row = mysqli_fetch_assoc( $result ) ) {

                $rset[] = $row;

            }

            return $rset;

        }

    }

    function compareTables( $source, $test, $table ) {

        global $link;
        global $NoOfDiscrepancies;

        $sQuery = "

    SELECT column_name,ordinal_position,data_type,column_type FROM
    (
        SELECT
            column_name,ordinal_position,
            data_type,column_type,COUNT(1) rowcount
        FROM information_schema.columns
        WHERE
        (
            (table_schema='$source' AND table_name='$table') OR
            (table_schema='$test' AND table_name='$table')
        )
        AND table_name IN ('$table')
        GROUP BY
            column_name,ordinal_position,
            data_type,column_type
        HAVING COUNT(1)=1
    ) A;    

        ";

        $result = query( $link, $sQuery );

        $data = "";
        if( is_array( $result ) && count( $result ) > 0 ) {

            $NoOfDiscrepancies++;
            $data = "";

            foreach( $result as $item ) {

                $data .= "";

            }

            $data .= "
column_name
ordinal_position
data_type
column_type
". $item["column_name"] ."
". $item["ordinal_position"] ."
". $item["data_type"] ."
". $item["column_type"] ."
";

            return $data;

        }
        else {

            return "Checked but no discrepancies found!";

        }

    }

?>