to load files into mysql: create a table:
create table newtable (column1 int(10),column2 varchar(250)); import the data: load data infile '/path/to/file/file.csv' into table newtable fields terminated by ',' lines terminated by '\n' Alia Mikati wrote: >Hello everybody >I hope u can help me with this. I want to export tables from excel to >mysql and i saved the file as .csv then clicked on browse to get Location >of the textfile. But it doesnt work. >I get for expl: >SQL-query : > >"3","Technical" >"4","Technical" >"7","Technical" >"15","Technical" >"20","Technical" >"26","Technical" >"32","Technical" > > >MySQL said: > > >You have an error in your SQL syntax near '"3","Technical" >"4","Technical" >"7","Technical" >"15","Technical" >"20","Techn' at line 1 > >Plz how can I do it? >Thx > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 > > -- Richard Dobson Database Administrator MRC Bright Study Clinical Pharmacolgy St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry Charterhouse Square London EC1M 6BQ Tel: 020-7882-5670 Mob: 07711-522926 Fax: 020-7882-5672 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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