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GNU Info (mysql.info)mysqlimportmysqlimport, Importing Data from Text Files ------------------------------------------- `mysqlimport' provides a command-line interface to the `LOAD DATA INFILE' SQL statement. Most options to `mysqlimport' correspond directly to the same options to `LOAD DATA INFILE'. *Note `LOAD DATA': LOAD DATA. `mysqlimport' is invoked like this: shell> mysqlimport [options] database textfile1 [textfile2....] For each text file named on the command line, `mysqlimport' strips any extension from the filename and uses the result to determine which table to import the file's contents into. For example, files named `patient.txt', `patient.text', and `patient' would all be imported into a table named `patient'. `mysqlimport' supports the following options: `-c, --columns=...' This option takes a comma-separated list of field names as an argument. The field list is used to create a proper `LOAD DATA INFILE' command, which is then passed to MySQL. *Note `LOAD DATA': LOAD DATA. `-C, --compress' Compress all information between the client and the server if both support compression. `-#, --debug[=option_string]' Trace usage of the program (for debugging). `-d, --delete' Empty the table before importing the text file. `--fields-terminated-by=...' `--fields-enclosed-by=...' `--fields-optionally-enclosed-by=...' `--fields-escaped-by=...' `--lines-terminated-by=...' These options have the same meaning as the corresponding clauses for `LOAD DATA INFILE'. Note: `LOAD DATA'. `-f, --force' Ignore errors. For example, if a table for a text file doesn't exist, continue processing any remaining files. Without `--force', `mysqlimport' exits if a table doesn't exist. `--help' Display a help message and exit. `-h host_name, --host=host_name' Import data to the MySQL server on the named host. The default host is `localhost'. `-i, --ignore' See the description for the `--replace' option. `-l, --lock-tables' Lock *ALL* tables for writing before processing any text files. This ensures that all tables are synchronized on the server. `-L, --local' Read input files from the client. By default, text files are assumed to be on the server if you connect to `localhost' (which is the default host). `-pyour_pass, --password[=your_pass]' The password to use when connecting to the server. If you specify no `=your_pass' part, `mysqlimport' you will be prompted for a password. `-P port_num, --port=port_num' The TCP/IP port number to use for connecting to a host. (This is used for connections to hosts other than `localhost', for which Unix sockets are used.) `-r, --replace' The `--replace' and `--ignore' options control handling of input records that duplicate existing records on unique key values. If you specify `--replace', new rows replace existing rows that have the same unique key value. If you specify `--ignore', input rows that duplicate an existing row on a unique key value are skipped. If you don't specify either option, an error occurs when a duplicate key value is found, and the rest of the text file is ignored. `-s, --silent' Silent mode. Write output only when errors occur. `-S /path/to/socket, --socket=/path/to/socket' The socket file to use when connecting to `localhost' (which is the default host). `-u user_name, --user=user_name' The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server. The default value is your Unix login name. `-v, --verbose' Verbose mode. Print out more information what the program does. `-V, --version' Print version information and exit. Here is a sample run using `mysqlimport': $ mysql --version mysql Ver 9.33 Distrib 3.22.25, for pc-linux-gnu (i686) $ uname -a Linux xxx.com 2.2.5-15 #1 Mon Apr 19 22:21:09 EDT 1999 i586 unknown $ mysql -e 'CREATE TABLE imptest(id INT, n VARCHAR(30))' test $ ed a 100 Max Sydow 101 Count Dracula . w imptest.txt 32 q $ od -c imptest.txt 0000000 1 0 0 \t M a x S y d o w \n 1 0 0000020 1 \t C o u n t D r a c u l a \n 0000040 $ mysqlimport --local test imptest.txt test.imptest: Records: 2 Deleted: 0 Skipped: 0 Warnings: 0 $ mysql -e 'SELECT * FROM imptest' test +------+---------------+ | id | n | +------+---------------+ | 100 | Max Sydow | | 101 | Count Dracula | +------+---------------+ automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |