LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE cannot find path

Question

Im using MySQL Workbench and tried using load data local infile. I have my table "mysample" with three columns: id, names, age.

Im trying to load a csv file and import it inside my table. id is auto_increment so I will insert the datas to names and age. This is my query:

load data local infile 'C:\Users\vissia18\Desktop\sample.csv' into table mysample fields terminated by ','
enclosed by '"'
lines terminated by '\n'
(names, age)

But the problem is I'm having an error like this:

Error Code: 2. File 'C:\Users\vissia18\Desktop\sample.csv' not found

Why is that? How should I fix this?

Answer 1

According to MySQL documentation :

The file name must be given as a literal string. On Windows, specify backslashes in path names as forward slashes or doubled backslashes.