Import CSV files into MySQL table
In this quick post, let’s see how to import data from csv formatted files into MySQL / MariaDB table. MySQL provides LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE command to import data from filesystem into tables.
Syntax
LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '<path to your file>' INTO TABLE <table name> FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' IGNORE 1 ROWS;
if you have a header row in your csv, ignore 1 rows ignores the header while importing.
Example
OAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/home/anand/Documents/data/emp_master.csv' INTO TABLE employee_master FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' IGNORE 1 ROWS;
