mysql_query¶
Execution of MySQL queries¶
Added in version 2014.7.0.
- depends:
 MySQLdb Python module
- configuration:
 See
salt.modules.mysqlfor setup instructions.
The mysql_query module is used to execute queries on MySQL databases. Its output may be stored in a file or in a grain.
query_id:
  mysql_query.run
    - database: my_database
    - query:    "SELECT * FROM table;"
    - output:   "/tmp/query_id.txt"
- saltext.mysql.states.mysql_query.__virtual__()[source]¶
 Only load if the mysql module is available in __salt__
- saltext.mysql.states.mysql_query.run_file(name, database, query_file=None, output=None, grain=None, key=None, overwrite=True, saltenv=None, check_db_exists=True, client_flags=None, **connection_args)[source]¶
 Execute an arbitrary query on the specified database
Added in version 2017.7.0.
- name
 Used only as an ID
- database
 The name of the database to execute the query_file on
- query_file
 The file of mysql commands to run
- output
 grain: output in a grain other: the file to store results None: output to the result comment (default)
- grain:
 grain to store the output (need output=grain)
- key:
 the specified grain will be treated as a dictionary, the result of this state will be stored under the specified key.
- overwrite:
 The file or grain will be overwritten if it already exists (default)
- saltenv:
 The saltenv to pull the query_file from
- check_db_exists:
 The state run will check that the specified database exists (default=True) before running any queries
- client_flags:
 A list of client flags to pass to the MySQL connection. https://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/mysql-server/latest/group__group__cs__capabilities__flags.html
- saltext.mysql.states.mysql_query.run(name, database, query, output=None, grain=None, key=None, overwrite=True, check_db_exists=True, client_flags=None, **connection_args)[source]¶
 Execute an arbitrary query on the specified database
- name
 Used only as an ID
- database
 The name of the database to execute the query on
- query
 The query to execute
- output
 grain: output in a grain other: the file to store results None: output to the result comment (default)
- grain:
 grain to store the output (need output=grain)
- key:
 the specified grain will be treated as a dictionary, the result of this state will be stored under the specified key.
- overwrite:
 The file or grain will be overwritten if it already exists (default)
- check_db_exists:
 The state run will check that the specified database exists (default=True) before running any queries
- client_flags:
 A list of client flags to pass to the MySQL connection. https://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/mysql-server/latest/group__group__cs__capabilities__flags.html