* Inandjo Taurel
> i'd like to have the syntax to import in a mysql table from a tab
> delimited text file, and also the same thing from an excel file.

See the LOAD DATA statement and the mysqlimport utility:

<URL: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/LOAD_DATA.html >
<URL: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/mysqlimport.html >

Regarding Excel, I think the easiest approach is to export from Excel to csv
format (or similar), and then use one of the above methods to load it into
mysql.

--
Roger


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