The backslash, `\` is an escape character. Four backslashes, path will
be recognized as \\path in MySQL.
-Original Message-
From: Nik Belajcic
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 4/28/04 1:38 AM
Subject: load strips first character
Hello,
I am loading data from a text file where filed3 is a
Hello,
I am loading data from a text file where filed3 is a path to a document
in a format "\\path\to\some\directory" but after loading into MySQL it
appears as "\path\to\some\directory" with the first backslash stripped
away. Why is this happening and how can I avoid it?
LOAD DATA INFILE '/local
