Import large .sql file into MySQL

Increasing the wait_timeout and/or interactive_timeout should help. First check the current value:

C:\> mysql -hlocalhost -uroot -proot

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'wait_timeout';

If this is very low (e.g. 30 seconds) then increase it (e.g. 5 minutes):

mysql> SET SESSION wait_timeout = 300;
mysql> SET SESSION interactive_timeout = 300;

Then execute your SQL file:

mysql> \. database.sql

I had a 3.5G dump file, I tried to import it with PhpMyAdmin and MySql workbench but without success. So I just used the console to run it

# mysql -u user_name -pYour_passwd your_db < your_dump.sql

and it works great

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