Hello.
I'm not PHPMyAdmin guru, but at least LOAD DATA LOCAL feature (if it is present in PHPMyAdmin) can be disabled due to some security reasons. See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/load-data-local.html Joe Herman wrote: > To those thinking of answering this question, There is additional > information. > > For some reason, I found out that the version of PHPMyAdmin at my web > hosting provider was missing the "Insert data from a text file into the > table" feature found at the bottom of the page after clicking on the > name of the table. > > I thought that the reason for this was because they were using an older > version of PHPMyAdmin, so he was kind enough to download and install the > recent stable version into a folder under my hosting account via ftp. He > told me this copy was for me alone to use, since he could not upgrade it > for the entire system. > > After I hung up with him, I launched the version of PHPMyAdmin he > installed for me and went to look for the feature. Unfortunately, the > feature was still not there! > > Is this feature special, an add on to PHPMyAdmin? Or should it be there > with the standard installation? If it is special, where can it be found? > > Thank you for your help. > > Joe. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Herman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 12:21 AM > To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: Newbie question: How to import data into a table? > > > Hello folks, > > What is the best way to import an excel spreadsheet, or text file for > that matter into a table? > > Is there a way to do this with PHPMyAdmin? > > Thank you so much for your kind help. > > Joe > > -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]