mysql csv file import issue

Question

Using MySQL on Mac OSX. When executing the following statement (from MySQl workbench), I met with the following error,

I tried to start MySQL manually using sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start without any options, but still have this error. Wondering if any solutions?

I searched some solutions and looks like on Windows there are some .ini config files, but have not found any solutions on Mac OSX. Thanks.

LOAD DATA INFILE '/Users/foo/Downloads/import.csv' 
INTO TABLE tasks 
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' 
ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';

Error Code: 1290. The MySQL server is running with the --secure-file-priv option so it cannot execute this statement    0.0043 sec

Answer 1

Best is to put the file into the server's data directory before trying to load it, for security reasons. Read more about LOAD DATA in the docs , especially about the input file location. Note also: the secure-file-priv option can be set in a config file, hence manually starting the server without any additional option will not change its behavior compared to the normal start.