Hi all, new to the list and new to mySQL...
I've only been at it for a few days and am looking at importing text files to databases.
I'm having trouble with mysqlimport and would appreciate any help or solutions as to what I'm doing wrong - I'm sure its a dumb mistake!
I tried LOAD DATA INFILE and it worked fine. Here's the code I used for it:
LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'master_name.txt' INTO TABLE master_name FIELDS TERMINATED BY ':::' ENCLOSED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n'
This works fine. Every record is in the table and all the data is in there.
When I try the same thing with mysqlimport, the records are there but there's no data in any of the fields!
The code I used for it:
mysqlimport -L -h localhost -u supercontact -ppassword --fields-terminated-by=::: --fields-enclosed-by=\" --lines-terminated-by=\r\n contactDB master_name.txt
However, that whole command above won't fit on the DOS prompt in one go, so I have to enter most of the options in one command, then the remaining ones along with the db name and txt file in a second command - it seems to work as the records are still added but there's no data.
Eh? That can't work; you must enter all the arguments in a *single* command.
You may be able to shorten the command by omitting -h localhost, it should default to the local host anyway. Or you could put options in an option file such as C:\my.cnf:
[mysqlimport] local host=localhost user=supercontact fields-terminated-by=:::
etc.
Of course, if you don't want to use those options the next time you run mysqlimport, you'll need to remove them from the option file.
(On another note, is there a way to fit the command onto one line in the DOS prompt?)
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks,
Neil Belch
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