I've been using the following command to expert mysql data to a csv file.
SELECT * INTO OUTFILE 'output.csv' FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' FROM table1;
It works for simple tables with simple data. However, if the table contains html tags, double quotes, single quotes, ascii characters etc, it does not work propertly, i.e. it will put tabs and new lines in incorrect places, breaking up data where it shouldn't. How can the sql script above be improved to export data with html?
I have tried SELECT...INTO OUTFILE statement, and then LOAD DATA INFILE statement, everything is OK, the HTML text was exported/imported without any mistakes (on MySQL 5.5).
Try to add ENCLOSED BY option, it should help you, e.g. -
SELECT *
INTO OUTFILE 'output.csv'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t' ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
FROM
table1;
LOAD DATA INFILE 'output.csv'
INTO TABLE table1
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t' ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';
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I have two records for example like this
11,avec myName à EX,Ex,0,2021-06-25
22,"andone \"ttt\"",Ex,0,2021-06-25
I am trying to load this into a table with MySQL with load data, and every time I try it, the quotes get cut off, or the back spaces don't show up.
I need to know if this is even possible. Can those two records go into a table and look exactly like they are in the CSV file?
I am using MySQL and trying
LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'example.csv' INTO TABLE example;
Use the ENCLOSED BY and ESCAPED BY options.
LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'example.csv'
INTO TABLE example
FIELDS OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
ESCAPED BY '\\';
LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'example.csv' INTO TABLE example
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
ESCAPED BY '\\'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n'
IGNORE 1 LINES
(col1, col2, col3.col4,col5);
In mysql 8 this will get you an error please read
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/load-data.html#load-data-file-location
Windws uses LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n'
if the file comes from a linux system use `LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
it os hard to tell without seeing the file what parameters would help exactly so you should try some variants out`.
also a editor with hexfile capability helps in such cases to analyse the struicture
I have a MySQL database containing a single table which is used as a temporary storage point for manipulating and querying data sets and is periodically deleted and replaced with new data. What I would like to be able to do is export the data from the MySQL command line to use for other purposes. I am using the XAMPP Apache server package with phpMyAdmin on Windows 10.
The issue I am having is the INTO OUTFILE syntax I am using returns an error relating to '\n'. Below is an example of the syntax:
SELECT *
FROM tablename
WHERE work_complete = 'Yes'
INTO OUTFILE 'C:\file path for the file to be exported to\file_name.csv'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY "''"
ESCAPED BY '\'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';
I have spent some time researching this without any luck, I have even tried using
LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n'
but the error remained the same
ERROR: Unknown command '\''.
-> LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n';
If anyone could provide any tips that would be greatly appreciated.
Use this
SELECT *
FROM tablename
#WHERE work_complete = 'Yes'
INTO OUTFILE 'C:\file path for the file to be exported to\file_name.csv'
FIELDS ENCLOSED BY '"'
TERMINATED BY ';'
ESCAPED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n';
I used some other syntax as you and deleted the OPTIONALLY which mysql doesn't like at that place
The problem is not in LINES TERMINATED BY but in ESCAPED BY.
This:
ESCAPED BY '\'
Is invalid syntax, because the backslash is interpreted as an escape character for the following quote. A decent text editor should let you see that.
You need to escape the backslash, like so:
ESCAPED BY '\\'
Alternatively, you can also use '\b':
ESCAPED BY '\b'
Another probem is that OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED accepts only a single character, while you are giving it two single quotes.
In your query:
SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE work_complete = 'Yes'
INTO OUTFILE 'C:\file path for the file to be exported to\file_name.csv'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY "'" ESCAPED BY '\\'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
I'm a new to mysql, I try load csv file to mysql.
the csv like:
1,"a,b"
2,bc
3,d
the table like this:
create table test(ind varchar(10),var varchar(20));
when I load this csv file:
load data infile 'test.csv' into table test
fields terminated by ',' ;
I change this
the warning:
row 1 was truncated: it contained more data than there were input columns
I try this:
load data infile 'test.csv' into table test
fields terminated by ','
optionally enclosed by '"'
it doesn't work.
the common of "a,b" cause this error. but I don't know how to solve this question.
It sounds like maybe LOAD DATA isn't properly picking up on your line breaks. Try adding LINES TERMINATED BY ... to your call:
LOAD DATA INFILE 'test.csv' INTO TABLE test
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n' -- use '\n' if on Linux
(ind, var)
With the above call, MySQL should not view the comma inside the first quoted term "a,b" as being a field separator, but rather just part of the text of that column.
I am trying to load large text files that are delimited by DEL. Using Coldfusion I can do chr(127), but that doesn't seem to work here
LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE "C:\\inetpub\\vhosts\\mysite.com\\dataload.data"
INTO TABLE tbl_data
COLUMNS TERMINATED BY '\0x7F'
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
ESCAPED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
IGNORE 1 LINES;
I have been searching and trying a number of things that look like they can be DEL characters. Does anyone have any suggestions for the COLUMNS TERMINATED BY line?
After a lot of searching, I found that my original statement was close. The answer is:
COLUMNS TERMINATED BY X'7F'
this may just be the dumbest question I have asked yet. But I can not figure this out. I am trying to import a CSV into my mysql. But I can not get these areas correct:
Columns separated with:
Columns enclosed with:
Columns escaped with:
Lines terminated with:
Here is an example row in mycsv:
AA|Armed Forces Americas|US|United States
what would I place in each one?
If you have table that match the column configuration of the file what you do is:
LOAD DATA INFILE '<full file path>`
INTO TABLE <tbl_name>
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';
If some of the fields may contain | then these fields should be enclosed by " and then the last clause becomes:
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' ENCLOSED BY '"' TERMINATED BY '\n'