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Uploading a large SQL Dump file to phpMyAdmin

Connect to terminal on your instance [Instructions]

Run the following command to sign in to mySQL:

Replace <username> with your mySQL username, and when prompted, enter your password.

$ mysql -u <username> -p

Replace <database> with the name of the database which you are trying to run the dump file for:

mysql> USE <database>

Run the following command to dump the data into the chosen database:

mysql> SOURCE /path/to/your/file/dump.sql; 

Published on May 25, 2018

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