Basic Tutorial - How To Import Sql File Using Phpmyadmin

What Will I Learn?

You will learn about how to use phpmyadmin
You will learn about how to import sql file

Requirements

For requirements, you need:

Basic knowledge about database
Basic knowledge about phpmyadmin
Basic knowledge about xampp application

Difficulty

Basic : so, this tutorial can be followed by a beginner.

Tools

XAMPP

XAMPP usual used for turn on the components like as MySQL and Apache. So, you will allow to access a database. XAMPP is an open source application, so you can download it here.

Browser

You can use any browser, for now I use Mozilla Firefox browser. If you don't have it you can replace replace with other browser.

Phpmyadmin

PhpMyAdmin is a web application to manage the database one of them is MySQL.
This web application is useful to facilitate the management of data base which among them is MySQL. This application is also open source. Berikut adalah link untuk phpmyadmin.

SQL Backup File

Of course you should have sql backup from a database. So you will have the file for you import. And the file I will use is formatted .sql.

Tutorial Contents

This time I will make tutorial about import sql using phpmyadmin. This tutorial is a continuation of my previous tutorial. Before this, I made a tutorial on how to export it. So after knowing how to backup it, you also have to know how to import it

With this tutorial you will know about entering importing your database backup results to your own PC or other PC. As already said, to do this tutorial, you must have a database that has been backed up first, be it formatted like .sql, .xml, .php and others.

To do it, so you can see the steps.

Steps

The first thing to remember is do not forget to enable Mysql and Apache via the XAMPP app. If not, you will not allowed to access database.

Then, run your phpmyadmin through a browser. And first view of phpmyadmin is like picture below:

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Before importing, you must create a new database first. The trick is to press the New button.

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Then the new look will look like the following picture.

Then create a new database in the Buat basis data.

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For example, I will create a database with the name mauliza. After that, you can simply press the Buat to add a database with that name.

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And a new database named mauliza will appear.

The next step is to select the Impor menu as a step to start importing. This menu is next to the Ekspor menu.

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The image below is an Impor menu display.

Next, we will upload the sql file we will import, the way is by pressing the Telusuri button. And in this session, we will be asked to find the file we will import

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