Importing larger sql files into MySQL

Question

I have a 400MB large sql backup file. I\'m trying to import that file into MySQL database using WAMP->import, but the import was unsuccessful due to many reasons such as upl

Answer 1

Had a similar problem, but in Windows. I was trying to figure out how to open a large MySql sql file in Windows, and these are the steps I had to take:

• Go to the download website (http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/).
• Download the MySQL Community Server and install it (select the developer or full install, so it will install client and server tools).
• Open MySql Command Line Client from the Start menu.
• Enter your password used in install.

• In the prompt, mysql>, enter:

  CREATE DATABASE database_name;

  USE database_name;

  SOURCE myfile.sql

That should import your large file.