# Bulk load from MySQL into file

### Description

The `Bulk load from MySQL into file` action bulk loads data from a MySQL table into a file.

### Options

| Option                       | Description                                                                                                                                           |
| ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Action name                  | The name of the workflow action.                                                                                                                      |
| Connection                   | The database connection.                                                                                                                              |
| Target schema                | The target schema.                                                                                                                                    |
| Target File name             | The target file.                                                                                                                                      |
| High Priority                | The priority to load the file with.                                                                                                                   |
| Type                         | OUTFILE, DUMPFILE                                                                                                                                     |
| Field separator              | The field separator to use.                                                                                                                           |
| Fields enclosed by           | The field enclosure to use.                                                                                                                           |
| Optionally enclosed          |                                                                                                                                                       |
| Lines terminated by          | The line termination string to use.                                                                                                                   |
| Names of columns             | A comma separated list of columns to export                                                                                                           |
| Limit to the…​first lines    | Only export the first x number of rows                                                                                                                |
| If file exists               | <p>The action to take when the target file already exists:</p><ul><li>Create new with unique name</li><li>Do Nothing</li><li>Fail (default)</li></ul> |
| Add file to result filenames | Add the target file to the result filenames                                                                                                           |


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