Re: Populating a Table with Data by Inserting a Textfile

2003-09-14 Thread Carl Anthony-uzoeto
Stephen Tiano wrote: What I'd like to do is create a textfile and then import the whole thing into a table. So, naturally, I've a few questions. Do I need to include the column heads as a line in my textfile, or can I simply go straight to the data? No ... you can simply go straight to the data

Re: Loading a flat file

2003-09-12 Thread Carl Anthony-uzoeto
MyWeeklyLeads.com wrote: I have a flat file that I am trying to load to a MySQL database (fixed-length fields). When I try: LOAD DATA '/mypath/flatfile.txt' INTO TABLE mytable It is generating a ton of errors, but the end result is that it's populating only the first field for all records and al

non-root users cannot run mysqlimport

2003-09-12 Thread Carl Anthony-uzoeto
Hi, I need to periodically load a dumpfile from another DB into mysql. Now, since this is a cronjob, and for which I would need to avoid interactivity, I DO NEED to run this as a non-root user. I have setup such a user, and have granted the user all on the destination database. The user also has