Hi, Harpreet: You should use MySQL C API mysql_escape_string(...) to convert that description field into a legal SQL string before load data infile.
B.R. budingc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harpreet Kaur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 4:41 AM Subject: load data infile question > I want to transfer data from a table in sql server to mysql. I use > C:\> BCP dbname.dbo.tblname out tblname.txt -S srvrname -U sa –P sapwd -c > -t \t -r \n > to write the data to a text file and then use > load data infile ?var/www/html/tblname.txt' into table tblname; > > It works fine for all the tables except this one table which has > description field with several lines. It assumes each line as a seperate > field rather then one field and so create errors. > > Please help. > > Regards Harpreet > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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