Kurinchi Blogger Scribbles ... » csv import http://kurinchilamp.kurinchilion.com On Open Source Technologies Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:14:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 MySql Tip for Beginners – Import records from .csv from Command line http://kurinchilamp.kurinchilion.com/2009/02/mysql-tip-for-beginners-import-records-from-csv-from-command-line.html http://kurinchilamp.kurinchilion.com/2009/02/mysql-tip-for-beginners-import-records-from-csv-from-command-line.html#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:10:01 +0000 kurinchilamp http://kurinchilamp.kurinchilion.com/?p=145 Importing a .CSV file in MySQL from command line.

When you want to import records from a .csv file into a table, follow the steps given below:

[root@localhost]$ mysql -u [username] -p [password]

[root@localhost]$ use [my_database]

[root@localhost]$ LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE ‘userinfo.csv’ INTO TABLE [table name] FIELDS TERMINATED BY ‘,’ LINES TERMINATED BY ‘\n’;

This should be the same command that get executed on windows command prompt as well.

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