I am trying to create a file and store in it the results from my query. I have a batch file that contains the single query,
USE database1;
SELECT * FROM table WHERE name = "abc" INTO OUTFILE output.txt;
QUIT
Executing this batch file using,
mysql -u root -p -t -vvv < select.sql
However, the result is not table formatted and fields' names are missing from the top.
100 abc Brown 32
101 abc Flair 25
102 abc McDonald 45
.
.
.
If I remove the INTO OUTFILE statement and print the results on terminal, then is working OK.
+----+------+---------+-----+
| id | name | surname | age |
+----+------+---------+-----+
| 100| abc | Brown | 32|
| 101| abc | Flair | 25|
| 102| abc | McDonald| 45|
+----+------+---------+-----+
How can I achieve the above in a txt file?
UPDATE
Special thanks to GreyBeardedGeek. Here is the solution for this question with help of GreyBeardedGeek.
Batch file:
USE database1;
SELECT * FROM table WHERE name = "abc";
QUIT
and mysql client:
mysql -u root -p -t -vvv < select.sql > output.txt
Save MySQL Results to a File There's a built-in MySQL output to file feature as part of the SELECT statement. We simply add the words INTO OUTFILE, followed by a filename, to the end of the SELECT statement. For example: SELECT id, first_name, last_name FROM customer INTO OUTFILE '/temp/myoutput.
Click Query, and then click Results to File. Enter and then execute the SQL statement. In the Save Results dialog box, specify the following settings: Save In: Select a directory in which to save the file.
The LOAD DATA statement reads rows from a text file into a table at a very high speed. The file can be read from the server host or the client host, depending on whether the LOCAL modifier is given.
This should do the trick:
mysql -u root -p -t -vvv < select.sql | sed '1 d' > output.txt
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