I need to export a mysql table, but it has like 5gb of entries, so I only want the structure. I am trying to do it from a simple php doing a sql query, how can I do that?
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You can use SHOW CREATE TABLE for this.
Shows the CREATE TABLE statement that creates the given table. The statement requires the SELECT privilege for the table. As of MySQL 5.0.1, this statement also works with views.
E.g.:
SHOW CREATE TABLE MyTablename
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I'm not a MySQL expert by any means but the following site suggests using the -d or --no-data option of mysqldump:
mysqldump -d -h localhost -u root -pmypassword databasename > dumpfile.sql
It worked for me.
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Sonny
I was looking for the answer to the original question, but I find this answer very helpful.
if u have "MySQL Workbench" v6.0
1) click on any table of the database.
2) Right-click and select "Tables Maintenance"
3) Under "Tables" tab, highlight the tables u want to export, right-click and select "Send to SQL Editor">"Create Schema"
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It is already answered in the link below:
MySql export schema without data
Use the command below to take the structure or schema dump.
mysqldump -u root -p --no-data dbname > schema.sql
