docs-v2/content/flux/v0/query-data/sql/mysql.md

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Query MySQL	MySQL	Use [`sql.from()`](/flux/v0/stdlib/sql/from/) with the `mysql` driver to query MySQL.	flux_v0 name parent MySQL SQL databases	101	/flux/v0/stdlib/sql/from/	```js import "sql" sql.from( driverName: "mysql", dataSourceName: "user:password@tcp(localhost:3306)/db", query: "SELECT * FROM example_table", ) ```

To query MySQL with Flux:

1. Import the sql package.

2. Use sql.from() and provide the following parameters:

   • driverName: mysql
   • dataSourceName: See data source name
   • query: SQL query to execute

import "sql"

sql.from(
    driverName: "mysql",
    dataSourceName: "user:password@tcp(localhost:3306)/db",
    query: "SELECT * FROM example_table",
)

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MySQL data source name

The mysql driver uses the following data source name (DSN) syntax (also known as a connection string):

username:password@tcp(localhost:3306)/dbname?param=value

MySQL to Flux data type conversion

sql.from() converts MySQL data types to Flux data types.

MySQL data type	Flux data type
INT, BIGINT, SMALLINT, TINYINT	int
FLOAT, DOUBLE	float
DATETIME	time
STRING	string

{{% caption %}} All other MySQL data types are converted to strings. {{% /caption %}}