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If your DualShield is using a MySQL database, follow the steps below to import "IP2LOCATION-LITE-DB3DB5.IPV6.CSV"

1 - Log into MySQL console

You have to use mysql command with --local-info=1 to login, e.g.

mysql --local-infile=1 -uroot -p dualshield

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2 - Change to "DualShield" database:

use DualShield;

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3 - Set local_infile variable

set global local_infile=true;

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4 - Execute the script below to import the database

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'FILE-PATH-TO\IP2LOCATION-LITE-DB3DB5.IPV6.CSV' INTO TABLE ip2location_db3_ipv6
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n'
IGNORE 0 LINES (@col1,@col2,@col3,@col4,@col5,@col6,@col7,@col8) set ip_from=@col1,ip_to=@col2,country_code=@col3,country_name=@col4,region_name=@col5,city_name=@col6,latitude=@col7,longitude=@col8;

* replace "FILE-PATH-TO" with the actual file path where the downloaded file is saved, e.g. "c:\downloadstemp"

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* Please note that it can take hours to import the data depending on the performance of the machine, as there are nearly 5 millions of records to be imported.

You can monitor the progress by checking MySQL's CPU usage in the Task Manager

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4 5 - After the ip2location data has been imported successfully, execute the script below to process the data

Update ip2location_db3_ipv6 set ip_from = LPAD(ip_from, 39,'0'),ip_to = LPAD(ip_to, 39,'0');

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Note:

* For dualshield version < 8.0, the name of the table in the database is called "ip2location_db3_ipv6"