"Rob Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What format should a file be in to properly import it into MYSQL, such as do
> you need tab-delimited items with carriage returns between records? Should
> each item in each record be within quotation marks? I can export the file
> from the current program it is in to any format need to then import it into
> MYSQL, just don't know what that format should be.
Look at the description of LOAD DATA INFILE:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/LOAD_DATA.html
As you can see there are FIELDS and LINES clauses to describe in which format read
data from file.
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