Importing CSV Files

10.6.1 Problem

You need to load a file that is in CSV format.

10.6.2 Solution

Just add the appropriate format-specifier clauses to your LOAD DATA statement.

10.6.3 Discussion

Datafiles in CSV format contain values that are delimited by commas rather than tabs and that may be quoted with double quote characters. For example, a CSV file mytbl.txt containing lines that end with carriage return/linefeed pairs can be loaded into mytbl as follows using LOAD DATA:

mysql> LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'mytbl.txt' INTO TABLE mytbl -> FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' -> LINES TERMINATED BY ' ';

Or like this using mysqlimport:

% mysqlimport --local --lines-terminated-by=" " --fields-terminated-by="," --fields-enclosed-by=""" cookbook mytbl.txt