Exporting query results in MySQL Workbench beyond 1000 records

Question

I'm trying to save a query result of about 1,000,000 records in MySQL Workbench.

When I run the SELECT, only 1000 records shows up (MySQL Workbench's default limit). I know I can change the limit, or remove the limit, but I don't want 1,000,000 records to be loaded into the result panel (which might crash my computer?), but I do want to save the results to a file.

Does MySQL Workbench let you save the results of a query directly to a file? Or save the whole result set instead of the 1,000?

Answer 1

It is possible to change the query result row limit, or remove the limit entirely.

1. Go to Edit → Preferences → SQL Editor (tab). If you can't find Query Results, go to SQL Queries(tab) instead.

2. Locate the Query Results section and untick the Limit Rows checkbox

3. Click OK.

4. Re-run your query.