The empty field did not work but the 0 worked beautifully!  Thanks everyone! :-)

On 11/27/06, Jerry Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Perhaps that empty field is being interpreted as a string?

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Jerry Schwartz
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Kopanas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 11:13 AM
> To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
> Subject: Having Problem With Load Files and AutoNumber id fields
>
> Argh...  I am autogenerating a load file after parsing and massaging a
> text file I get from an AS/400 system.  My first field is an id that
> is on auto_number so I put a tab at the begging of the line for each
> one of my records... it throws a warning for each line... if instead
> of putting an autonumber I put a random number it works perfectly.
> How can I get it to work?
>
> Sample line in my load file that works:
> 111111111111111111111 3066001210010000001467  SMART ALARMS
> INC   201
> MILLWAY AVE UNIT #8   \N      \N      VAUGHAN ON      L4K 5K8
> 0     1999-9-1
> 00:00:00      1999-9-1 00:00:00
>
> Sample line that does not work:
>       3066001210010000001467  SMART ALARMS INC        201
> MILLWAY AVE UNIT
> #8    \N      \N      VAUGHAN ON      L4K 5K8 0
> 1999-9-1 00:00:00     1999-9-1 00:00:00
>
> My code that generates the sample line that does not work:
> tempfile.puts
> "\t#{record[0,22].strip}\t#{record[22,32].strip}\t#{record[54,
> 32].strip}\t#{record[86,32].strip}\t#{record[118,32].strip}\t#
> {record[150,30].strip}\t#{record[180,2].strip}\t#{record[182,7
> ].strip}\t0\t2000-01-01
> 00:00:00\t2000-01-01 00:00:00"
>
> How can I get mysql to put the auto_numbers in for me?  Why is it even
> accepting my numbers?
>
> Thanks :-)
>
> Does anyone also know how I can see the warnings created by loadfile?
> All I just see is the summary with skipped and warnings.
>
> Thanks :-)
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