To summarize what I did from the helpful comments of @JustinLaureno and @Mohd.Shaizad, tested on MySQL Workbench 8.0.18:
- Navigate to
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 8.0 CE\modules - Edit the file
wb_admin_export.py(you need admin permissions for this) - amend the line:
skip_column_statistics = True if get_mysqldump_version() > Version(8, 0, 2) and self.owner.ctrl_be.target_version < Version(8, 0, 0) else False
- to:
skip_column_statistics = True
- DO NOT add inline comments or it won’t work!
skip_column_statistics = True # This won't work
- Restart MySQL Workbench
- Perform the export