[snip] It's a little messy but that's the only other way I can think of doing it. Sorry. [/snip]
If he has the file locally to himself he can do this via phpMyAdmin through the load text file option. Depending on the version there is always a way to load files ... even to remote servers.... For instance, if I am looking at the structure of a table there is a link at the bottom of the page that says "Insert data from a textfile into table" which gives you the option to browse for a local file to load into that table.... -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]