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MYSQL

The world's most popular open-source database. Widely used for operational/transactional workloads and web applications.

PREREQUISITES

Driver: mysqlclient — installed automatically by:

dvt sync

CONFIGURATION FIELDS

FIELD	TYPE	REQUIRED	DEFAULT	DESCRIPTION
type	string	yes	—	Must be `mysql`
host	string	yes	localhost	Database server hostname
port	integer	no	3306	Database server port
user	string	yes	—	Database username
password	string	yes	—	Database password
schema	string	yes	—	Database/schema name
threads	integer	no	4	Number of parallel threads

PROFILES.YML EXAMPLE

my_project:
  target: mysql_dev
  outputs:
    mysql_dev:
      type: mysql
      host: localhost
      port: 3306
      user: analyst
      password: "{{ env_var('MYSQL_PASSWORD') }}"
      schema: operations

SOURCES.YML EXAMPLE

sources:
  - name: crm
    connection: mysql_dev
    schema: crm_db
    tables:
      - name: customers
      - name: orders
      - name: products

INCREMENTAL STRATEGIES

✓ Append✓ Delete+Insert✓ Merge