将数据导入MySQL

Question

I have an excel file which contains 4 columns

Chapter ID int fk
Subject ID int fk
Title varchar(100)
Description mediumtext
Recap mediumtext

The Description and Recap columns contain html syntax. I am currently exporting this data to CSV and then trying to import it into mySQL. However, I receive an error fraying the "file could not be read" .

I am guessing this is because of the , , " , etc, present in the html syntax. Does anyone know how else can the data be imported into mySQL. I do not want to alter the html in in the columns.

Answer 1

Have you tried the "LOAD DATA INFILE". Look at the doc here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/load-data.html

Example:

LOAD DATA INFILE 'c:/nodes.csv' INTO TABLE friends_of_friends
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ';' ENCLOSED BY '' ESCAPED BY '\\';

The ESCAPED BY '\\\\' defines \\ as the escape character. There are two backslashes needed because the backslash is also the standard MySQL escape character.