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





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