John, Thursday, November 28, 2002, 7:02:58 PM, you wrote: JC> Thanks very much.
JC> Following on your suggestions, I then went ahead and put the text file JC> into my directory: JC> /usr/local/mysql JC> so that the file was then /usr/local/mysql/absence.txt JC> and, with that done, the JC> LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE "absence.txt" into table absence; JC> command in the mysql client successfully did load it. JC> (It didn't work when put into the /usr/local/mysql/scripts directory JC> or in the /usr/local/mysql/data directory.) JC> Is there anyway to change the place where the client looks when given JC> the relative pathname of a file to be LOADed, or is one stuck with JC> having to put all text files in that one immutable location? Nope. And storing text files in /usr/local/mysql is not a good idea .. If you execute LOAD DATA LOCAL from your own client application/script, store path to the dir in some configuration variable and so on. JC> (On the Mac, we aren't allowed to see the contents of JC> /usr/local/mysql/ in the GUI. We have to access it through the UNIX JC> Terminal program, and then fiddle with permissions, which, I am not JC> bashful to say, I am reluctant to start doing without comprehending the JC> implications, which, I also am not bashful to say, I don't.) -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [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
