At 9:11 AM -0400 5/9/01, Terry Shipclark wrote:
>database,sql,query
>
>Why does this statement not work????

Because you're either not reading the manual or ignoring what it says?

>
>LOAD DATA INFILE 'intervext.txt' into table intvext
>(intid,priphone,cellphone,pager,bdmonth,bdday,datehired,Notes)
>       FIELDS TERMINATED BY ';'
>       ENCLOSED BY '"'
>       LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';

According to the manual, the column list follows the FIELDS/LINES
specifiers.

>
>I also tried it like this
>
>LOAD DATA INFILE 'intervext.txt' FIELDS TERMINATED BY ';'
>       ENCLOSED BY '"'
>       LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
>       into table intvext
>(intid,priphone,cellphone,pager,bdmonth,bdday,datehired,Notes);

According to the manual, the FIELDS/LINES specifiers follow the
table specifier.

>
>it worked like this,
>
>LOAD DATA INFILE 'intervext.txt'
>       into table intvext
>(intid,priphone,cellphone,pager,bdmonth,bdday,datehired,Notes);
>
>Help, tell me what I am doing wrong


-- 
Paul DuBois, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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