Mysql – Does import sql dump wipe out current data

I prefer using MySQL workbench. It's much more easier & user friendly than the command line way.

It provides a simple GUI.

MySQL workbench or SQL Yog.

These are the steps that I did:

1. Install MySQL Workbench.
2. In AWS console, there must be a security group for your RDS instance. Add an inbound rule to that group for allowing connections from your machine. It's simple. Add your IP-address.
3. Open MySQL workbench, Add a new connection.
4. Give the connection a name you prefer.
5. Choose connection method- Standard TCP/IP
6. Enter your RDS endpoint in the field of Hostname.
7. Port:3306
8. Username: master username (the one which which you created during the creation of your RDS instance)
9. Password: master password
10. Click Test Connection to check your connection.
11. If connection is successful, click OK.
12. Open the connection.
13. you will see your database there.
14. Now you can export your mysqldump file to this database. Go to-> Server. Click Data Import.
15. You can check whether the data has been migrated by simply opening a blank SQL file & typing in basic SQL commands like use database, select * from table;

That's it. Viola.

For normal database restore operations, the MySQL database user (which you pass as an argument into the mysqldump command) will needs privileges related to:

1. STRUCTURE (Schema)
2. DATA manipulation

For common STRUCTURE operations the user typically will need:

• DROP
• CREATE
• ALTER
• TRIGGER

DATA privileges typically should be

SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE.

Importantly database structure administration privelege GRANT can be revoked. By starting with this limited set and then adding privileges on an as needed basis you are improving the containment policies.