The LOAD DATA INFILE Statement

      


LOAD DATA INFILE 'file_name' INTO TABLE table_name;

LOAD DATA INFILE '/var/mysql/data/test/data.txt' INTO TABLE t;

1.	Database directories are located directly under the data directory
2.	The syntax of LOAD DATA is as follows:
3.	Use LOAD DATA to load a file into a database other than the current one, you can qualify the table name with the database name.
4.	LOAD DATA assumes the columns in the datafile have the same order as the columns in the table.
5.	Load a datafile containing values quoted by double quote characters
6.	Load a file that has data values separated by commas, and lines ending with carriage returns
7.	Load data from a text file to table
8.	Load data with FIELDS clause
9.	Inserting High Volumes of Data from a Text File with LOAD DATA
10.	Load data and replace
11.	Load data, replace and ignore
12.	Load data to specific columns
13.	Load data and set division
14.	Importing Data into a Table

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