Enable binary mode while restoring a Database from an SQL dump

Question

I am extremely new to MySQL and am running it on Windows. I am trying to restore a Database from a dumpfile in MySQL, but I get the following error:

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Answer 1

The file you are trying to import is a zip file. Unzip the file and then try to import again.

Answer 2

I had this error once, after running mysqldump on Windows PowerShell like so:

mysqldump -u root p my_db --no-data --no-create-db --no-create-info --routines --triggers --skip-opt --set-gtid-purged=OFF > db_objects.sql

What I did was change it to this (pipe instead to Set-Content):

mysqldump -u root p my_db --no-data --no-create-db --no-create-info --routines --triggers --skip-opt --set-gtid-purged=OFF | Set-Content db_objects.sql

And the problem went away!

Answer 3

Extract your file with Tar archiving tool. you can use it in this way:

tar xf example.sql.gz

Answer 4

If you don't have enough space or don't want to waste time in decompressing it, Try this command.

gunzip < compressed-sqlfile.gz | mysql -u root -p

Don't forget to replace compressed-sqlfile.gz with your compressed file name.

.gz restore will not work without command I provided above.

Answer 5

Its must you file dump.sql problem.Use Sequel Pro check your file ecoding.It should be garbage characters in your dump.sql.