How do i run a query in MYSQL without writing it to the binary log

Question

I want to run an import of a large file into MySQL. However, I don\'t want it written to the binary log, because the import will take a long time, and cause the slaves to fall

Answer 1

If you want to do this from the cli, try this, it worked for me:

$ mysqldump old_DB | mysql --init-command="SET SQL_LOG_BIN = 0;" new_DB

Possible that the "init-command" param was added in a newer MySQL version.