Question

I have a client who got a zipped file that has all the database they had in the SaaS app they were using. Now, we have a similar app but our column names are different (obviously) and in some cases we have less columns. So, now i want to upload all this data to my database but i am not sure how to do it?

I run phpmyadmin on the servers.

Answer 1

1. Extract the file on your desktop.
2. Login to your phpMyAdmin account.
3. Click the Import tab.
4. Select the file to import, file format, ect. and click Go.
5. Browse through the structure of the imported database to the columns of interest. For each column, click the pencil icon to edit the column (i.e. rename it), or click the X icon to delete it.

To merge data sets, after importing the tables, you would need to run your own query in the SQL tab to merge the data sets.