Disable foreign key checks when importing batch data in MySQL

Posted 9 years ago - updated 9 years ago mysql

Add SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0; to the beginning of uyour sql file

or

cat <(echo "SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0;") data.sql | mysql

or

mysql --init-command="SET SESSION FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0;" 

You don't need to run SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=1 after as it is reset automatically after the session ends