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Is there a place where I can find gov datasets (from data.gov, bea etc) in MySQL format? - free or paid. I could download and parse the files of course, but wanted to check if it is already available somewhere before going down that route

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    You are limiting your options this way! The best way is to look for datasets -with any format- then load the data to your own my SQL dataset. Most of data are in csv/Json. – user3378649 Dec 24 '14 at 12:46
  • I understand,and I am going to do the same - just wanted to check if there is something already available – user1336 Dec 24 '14 at 23:59
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    Why do people have an obsessions with "I want data in (x) format?". I wouldn't suspect homework questions to be asked on the day before Christmas. I know I've ranted about this before, but I can't find my earlier comments to link to. And besides, for SQL databases you really don't want it as a bunch of INSERT statements -- you want CSV or tab-deliminated, and use LOAD DATA. And there is no specific 'mySQL format' (or any SQL 'format' for data ... although some might give sufficient info to generate the CREATE TABLE) – Joe Dec 27 '14 at 1:46
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    Download csv, then use csvsql from csvkit: csvkit.readthedocs.org/en/latest – Anton Tarasenko Dec 27 '14 at 22:34
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you can search data.gov, this search returns over 300:
http://catalog.data.gov/dataset?q=MySQL&sort=score+desc%2C+name+asc
and this search within datasets hosted by data.gov reveals 12:
http://www.data.gov/search-results?group=site&q=MySQL

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