How to import a mysql dump while renaming some tables/columns and not importing others at all?

Question

I\'m importing a legacy db to a new version of our program, and I\'m wondering if there\'s a way to not import some columns/tables from the dump, and rename other tables/col

Answer 1

It's possible to not import some tables by denying permissions to do so, and using --force as a command line option.

Not importing some columns, or renaming them is not possible (at least without editing the dump file, or making modifications once imported).

My recommendation would be:

• Import the tables into another database (1.3G should still be very quick).
• Do your dropping/renaming.
• Export the data to create yourself a new dump file.

If you're worried the dump contains multiple databases, the mysql command line tool has a -o flag to only import the one.