Handle .sql file

The * .sql file does not represent the database, it does not contain the records, nor is it a copy of it.

This is a script file, it can contain database creation, queries, table creation, inserts, and other SQL operations.

You can open it using a text editor, but most of them (at least natively) will not be able to run this script.

As you have put the tag mysql-workbench in the question, you can open MySQL Workbench, connect to a MySQL instance, and open the file using CTRL + O in Windows or ⌘O in macOS. p>

If you have no instance of MySQL installed, follow link .

Hello, if it's in phpmyadmin, you should click import

And then you click on browse and choose the sql file and just below you click execute. If it does not work you can create a database and then import the data ... I hope I helped you