Art, Friday, March 22, 2002, 7:10:24 AM, you wrote: AL> I ran into the same problem you did. After some searching on the web, this AL> is what I came up with:
AL> First save the text file in the directory corresponding to the database you AL> are currently using (menagerie). So the file will be be AL> "c:\mysql\data\menagerie\pet.txt" AL> I then typed: AL> mysql> LOAD DATA INFILE "pet.txt" INTO TABLE pet; AL> Notice I left out the "LOCAL". I was having trouble specifying the file if AL> the location was somewhere other than the directory corresponding to the AL> database in question, but this will at least work. Give it a try and let me AL> know how it works! Since 3.23.49 version of MySQL and newer for using LOAD DATA LOCAL you should start mysqld and mysql with '--local-infile' option. You can read more about LOAD DATA LOCAL at: http://www.mysql.com/doc/L/O/LOAD_DATA_LOCAL.html AL> Hope this helped. AL> -Art -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php