Use Data Loader to Convert CSV and MS Access to MySQL

MySQL is a robust and undoubtedly the most popular database of present times. Many businesses and organizations prefer MySQL over various other database software and format that are available in the market at present. When you already have data of few years and you want to bring it to MySQL, you require data loader, which will help you to transfer your complete database in a very effortless manner, as all you have to is follow instructions on a Wizard. Here we will see how you can convert CSV to MySQL.

How to convert CSV to MySQL?

To convert CSV to MySQL, you need to have a data loader. Once you have a data loader, you can proceed with following steps that will transfer your data from CSV format to MySQL database format.

·              Start your new Session.

·              Allocate source and destination data type.

·              Manage server details and source database. List of tables within the database gets open.

·              Select desired destination database – place to relocate your present database.

·              Dialog box opens the source and destination tables, where you can do column mapping.

·              Save and schedule your session. There are different options for it.

·              Press start.

This is the process to convert CSV database to MySQL database format.

How to convert MS Access to MySQL?

When you are working on a similar data loader, functions don’t change much, therefore, wizard and options also don’t change to a great extent, therefore you can follow the steps mentioned above to convert MS Access to MySQL.

These steps will help you to manage your database migration in an easy way.