LOAD DATA LOCAL, How do I skip the first line?
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06-07-2019 - |
Question
I'm trying to Load a CSV file into my MySQL database, But I would like to skip the first line.
I fact It contains the name of my columns and no interesting data.
Here is the query I'm using:
LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/myfile.csv'
INTO TABLE tableName
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
ENCLOSED BY '\"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
(column,column,column);
Solution
LOAD DATA INFILE '/tmp/test.txt' INTO TABLE test IGNORE 1 LINES;
OTHER TIPS
For those curious, IGNORE N LINES should be after the separator qualifiers:
LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/myfile.csv'
INTO TABLE tableName
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
ENCLOSED BY '\"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
IGNORE 1 LINES
(column,column,column);
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