How do I import CSV file into a MySQL table?

Use mysqlimport to load a table into the database:

mysqlimport --ignore-lines=1 \
            --fields-terminated-by=, \
            --local -u root \
            -p Database \
             TableName.csv

I found it at http://chriseiffel.com/everything-linux/how-to-import-a-large-csv-file-to-mysql/

To make the delimiter a tab, use --fields-terminated-by='\t'


The core of your problem seems to be matching the columns in the CSV file to those in the table.

Many graphical mySQL clients have very nice import dialogs for this kind of thing.

My favourite for the job is Windows based HeidiSQL. It gives you a graphical interface to build the LOAD DATA command; you can re-use it programmatically later.

Import textfile

Screenshot: "Import textfile" dialog

To open the Import textfile" dialog, go to Tools > Import CSV file:

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I Used this method to import more than 100K records (~5MB) in 0.046sec

Here's how you do it:

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE  
'c:/temp/some-file.csv'
INTO TABLE your_awesome_table  
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' 
ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
(field_1,field_2 , field_3);

It is very important to include the last line , if you have more than one field i.e normally it skips the last field (MySQL 5.6.17)

LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
(field_1,field_2 , field_3);

Then, assuming you have the first row as the title for your fields, you might want to include this line also

IGNORE 1 ROWS

This is what it looks like if your file has a header row.

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE  
'c:/temp/some-file.csv'
INTO TABLE your_awesome_table  
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' 
ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
IGNORE 1 ROWS
(field_1,field_2 , field_3);

Simplest way which I have imported 200+ rows is below command in phpmyadmin sql window

I have a simple table of country with two columns CountryId,CountryName

here is .csv dataCSV FILE

here is command:

LOAD DATA INFILE 'c:/country.csv' 
INTO TABLE country 
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' 
ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
IGNORE 1 ROWS

Keep one thing in mind, never appear , in second column, otherwise your import will stop