Sql Programming Tutorials, Guides & Best Practices

To export data from a table to a CSV file, use the SELECT INTO OUTFILE statement:

SELECT * FROM your_table_name
INTO OUTFILE '/path/to/export.csv'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';

MySQL Enterprise Monitor is a comprehensive tool for monitoring MySQL databases. It provides real-time performance insights and alerts.

• Query Analyzer: Identifies slow queries and provides recommendations for optimization.
• Replication Monitoring: Monitors replication status and detects issues.
• Disk Monitoring: Tracks disk space usage and alerts on potential problems.

This query will output the size of the specified database in megabytes (MB).

To identify the largest table in terms of size within a specific database, use a similar query but without the grouping. Instead, order by size and limit the result to find the largest table: