Hi There.
Is it possible to use the LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE command from a crontab or what will the best way be of importing a csv on a hourly basis.
Regards
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griswolf
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shell> mysqlimport [options] db_name textfile1 [textfile2 ...]See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysqlimport.html and particularly, search for a comment about csv files on Windows (which you will want to alter to your specific platform)
LRNPHP
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shell> mysqlimport [options] db_name textfile1 [textfile2 ...]See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysqlimport.html and particularly, search for a comment about csv files on Windows (which you will want to alter to your specific platform)
Hi GrisWolf
Figured it out yesterday. Thanks for your help.
mysql -u**** -p**** database --execute="LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'C:\\import.csv' INTO TABLE table FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' (field1, field2, field3)"Regards
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