Hello, I’m following your tutorial on how to import databases in mysql

I receive the following error after attempting to import:

ERROR 1406 (22001) at line 5450: Data too long for column ‘IP’ at row 1

I suspect the error is due to how the import is executed: By creating a blank database first, then importing.

Is there a way to import the database without creating a blank one beforehand?

This is for a WordPress database.

Thanks,
Will