mysqldump table without dumping the primary key

Question

I have one table spread across two servers running MySql 4. I need to merge these into one server for our test environment.

These tables literally have millions of r

Answer 1

The solution I've been using is to just do a regular SQL export of the data I'm exporting, then removing the primary key from the insert statements using a RegEx find&replace editor. Personally I use Sublime Text, but I'm sure TextMate, Notepad++ etc. can do the same.

Then I just run the query in which ever database the data should be inserted to by copy pasting the query into HeidiSQL's query window or PHPMyAdmin. If there's a LOT of data I save the insert query to an SQL file and use file import instead. Copy & paste with huge amounts of text often makes Chrome freeze.

This might sound like a lot of work, but I rarely use more than a couple of minutes between the export and the import. Probably a lot less than I would use on the accepted solution. I've used this solution method on several hundred thousand rows without issue, but I think it would get problematic when you reach the millions.