MYSQL :: Using PHPMyAdmin To Insert A Text File

Insert File Data Into Text Field
I've built a database locally and have inputed some information. I
need to go back and update some records, specifically by taking long
pieces of text and putting them into text fields.

Cutting and pasting in the command prompt for windows isn't such a
good idea. Is there a way to update an existing record by importing a
text file into a text field?

All the info I'm seeing in the MySQL manual and in these groups is for
importing text-deliniated files.

INSERT Syntax For Text File To Load Into Tables?
I have successfully created a number of tables in my database and am looking for an efficient way to load data into the tables. I have the following (successful) command to find the text file and load it into the target table:

"load data local infile 'C:mySQL abledata.txt' into TABLE checks;"

It loads into the 'checks' table successfully, but the data is incorrect. What is the syntax of the INSERT command that I'm using in the text file itself-- assuming that I do use the INSERT command? Here is what I have in the NotePad text file I'm using, which only produces zeroes in the first and third columns:

insert into checks values
('1', 'Ma Bell', '150', 'Have sons next time',
'2', 'Reading R.R.', '245.34', 'Train to Chicago',
'3', 'Ma Bell', '200.32', 'Cellular phone',
'4', 'Local Utilities', '98', 'Gas',
'5', 'Joes Stale $ Dent', '150', 'Grocieries',
'6', 'Cash', '25', 'Wild Night Out',
'7', 'Joans Gas', '25.1', 'Gas');

Generate INSERT SCRIPT From Tab-Delimited Text File
Any recommendations on how to generate an INSERT SQL script for the
records in a tab-delimietd text file? The limitation is that, while I
do have command-line mySQL access locally, I do not at my remote host,
so I will need to come up with a solution that I can run via something
like phpmyadmin, mysqlcc, or TOAD for mySQL.

How To Insert New Text At Specific Point In Text Field?
I'd like to insert "rackmount" in a database text field in front of "radio." The term "radio" appears in each "description" column but it is surrounded by other, random, text. Is there a way to accomplish this?

Can't Edit Text In Phpmyadmin
I need to edit some of the rows in phpMyAdmin (just text). But when I make the change and click "Go", everything seems fine, but no change was actually made! I don't understand what is going on, because this never happened before. I was always able to make changes to the text and it would save, and the change on the site would be seen.

PHP version 5.2.4 MySQL version 5.0.27-standard-log

PhpMyAdmin - Limit Of Full Text
Just run a query that has a column that has a result of more then 1024
characters( quite a lot more actually) when I display full text in
phpMyAdmin, it only seems to show up to 1024 characters.

I was really hoping this was not the case. does anyone know how I can get
round this.

Sorry for probably not the best presented question, but under pressure to
get some reports ready for tomorrow morning.

Import Sql File Into PhpMyAdmin
I am trying to import SQL file which contains Structure & data into PhpMyAdmin locally and i get error message:

You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=36 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1' at line 14

The file size is about 1.95 MB. The file was exported through SQLyog as SQL Statements and the following fields were ticked:

-Include "USE dbname-" statement
-Include "DROP TABLE" STATEMENT
-Add "CREATE DATABASE"
-Lock All Tables For Read
-Create Bulk Insert Statements

The fields left unticked are:

-Flush Logs Before Dump
-Add Lock Around Insert Statements
-Set FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0

Don't know much about MySQL, any help would be much appreciated.

PHPMYADMIN Importing .csv File
I get an error message that says "Invalid field count in CSV input on line 17." But I have removed all extra commas and the number of fields in my CSV matches the number in MYSQL table.

I looked on lines 16,17 and 18 for extra commas or anything that might cause it to fail and it looks fine.

What am I missing here?

You know, its the "simple" stuff that frustrates me the most

Uploading CSV File Through Phpmyadmin
I'm trying to upload a csv file into my MySQL database through phpmyadmin. I'm using godaddy.com as a host. They're using the latest version of phpmyadmin, but it looks like a "dumbed-down" version, or at least not giving me total administrative priviledges.

Anyway I'm trying to upload a simple csv file, just 1 line of text, into my database. I have 3 fields so I'm trying to upload one line with 3 text objects in that line.

Whenever I try to upload this thing it gives me a MySQL syntax error #1064. I've tried getting csv files from different companies and uploading theirs after adjusting the amount of columns to fit my database, and I'm still getting the same error.

Importing .txt File Through PhpMyAdmin
I'm having problems trying to run a query into phpmyadmin. The error:

There is a chance that you may have found a bug in the SQL parser. Please examine your query closely, and check that the quotes are correct and not mis-matched. Other possible failure causes may be that you are uploading a file with binary outside of a quoted text area. You can also try your query on the MySQL command line interface.

The MySQL server error output below, if there is any, may also help you in diagnosing the problem. If you still have problems or if the parser fails where the command line interface succeeds, please reduce your SQL query input to the single query that causes problems, and submit a bug report with the data chunk in the CUT section below: Code:

Importing .csv File To PhpMyAdmin
I am trying to import a csv file into PhpMyAdmin. I get an error saying 'invalid field count'.
As far as i can tell i have the exact amount of fields in both csv file and database.
Is there anything i'm missing or anything i can check?

How To Dump .sql File Into Database Using Phpmyadmin...
i have dumped my db from my home comp, and saved it in a file, called mydb.sql...no problem.

i want to take that file and upload it to my current database on my webserver...i have created a db with the same name as the one on my home comp...

but after that, i'm lost. i don't see an 'import' link on phpmyadmin. any ideas?

Loading A File Into PhpMyAdmin"
I don't under stand somthing about MySQL but i try to add a poll on my website (Have php) and then i got one file with name "pollsql.sql" and in the "Readme" file they say "Use the pollsql.sql file to create 3 tables in a mysql database. This can be done by loading the file into phpMyAdmin." But how do i load the file into phpMyAdmin? Where should i press

PhpMyAdmin File Export Creates Squares !
I'm doing an SQL dump using phpMyAdmin where I leave all the standard settings and choose 'save as file' with no compression. However when I open the downloaded file all does not look well ! It's full of squares and I cannot import it anywhere because of syntax errors.
I tried the phpMyAdmin documentation but there's no search and the Wiki on their site is practically empty.
Any ideas where the squares are coming from ??

How Do I Get Around PhpMyAdmin File Size Upload Limit?
I use phpMyAdmin to upload data into my database tables. However, there is a 2MB file size limit on the files to be uploaded. I have over 100 MB of database content to upload. How can I get around the file size limit and upload larger files into my database tables?

Phpmyadmin Creates A Trashed Gzip File
I am having problems with phymyadmin on Windows. When exporting using
gzip compression option, and the db is large, I seem to be getting
trashed results (gunzip complains about extra trash data).

So I just dump using no compression, and then compress it afterwards.

Exporting Database With Putty & PHPMyAdmin File Size Question?
I have finally worked out how to back up the database using Putty. I just need a couple of questions answering as I am a bit baffled.

When I use Putty to export my database the database size comes out as 55MB
When I use PHPMyAdmin to export my database the database size comes out 89MB

Can't Insert Text
I'm trying to insert text from text file to MySQL. I'm creating field with TEXT data type. When I try to insert simple text like "lala", everything works ok.

But when I try to read real text file (read by strings then connect all strings into one variable) I get error about wrong syntax.

Example:
INSERT INTO t
VALUES ('$a', '$b', '$text');

Maybe problem with ' symbols in text file? Maybe problem with some special symbols like
or
etc?

How can I fix it?

Insert SMS Text
I'm looking for a solution that will allow me to receive SMS messages and insert the values into a mysql dababase. I've been looking into kannel and gnokii for a while now, haven't made a decicion for one or the other yet though. Have installed gnokii but I'm still waiting for the serial data cable to arrive for my nokia 2100.

The text messages will look like this:

"183 yes"

"183" is the row where "yes" should be inserted (through 'update'). Does anyone have any experience in picking out certain values from a text message in gnokii/kannel and getting a script to insert it into a remote mysql database?

Text File
I have a CSV text file. Is possible insert that file in mysql database from command line script running from console?

Using Text File
I am using the book "PHP and MySQL Web Development" by Sams Publishing to learn MySQL. The authors provide a CD with lots of source files in text format. They give a command to run or these files, but the path to the files is unclear. It just lists the file names and not any path from C: to the actual directory. I've tried specifying the full path from C:documents and settingsmy user name...file.sql but this does not work. I've also tried forward slashes.What do I do to specify the path to run a file to input commands in MySQL? Or how do I change the working directory to the place where the file is located?

Insert Text With Apostrophies
I have the following query that does not work when the text that is past to it from a form has apostropies, or pound signs, or other kinds of characters in the '$new_url' or the $new_note'.

(!mysql_query( "insert into onmylist_person (username, person, notes) values ('$valid_user', '$new_url', '$new_note')"))

I don't get any errors, but it just does not get written to the database.

Insert Text To Mysql
When i insert an article into my database table it works perfectly, but when i have a quote in mine article it can not be inserted. What should i do to prevent this?

Here is an example of it.

insert into `afghan`.`nieuws`
    (NIEUWSID, TITEL, CONTENT, AUTEUR, DATUM, NIEUWSTYPE)
    values
    (NIEUWSID, TITEL, CONTENT, AUTEUR, DATUM, NIEUWSTYPE)

If Content exist from an article like this:

Although this is a sad poem, I liked it because of the beauty in yearning for one's home where you grow up. The part that talks about the "gard alood" city also hit home. it wont work, because a quote exist in the article "gard alood" , How should i solve this probleem.

How To Insert Quotes As Text?
I want to create a variable that is set as a text string, but I want to have a quote character within the text. I can't figure out how to do this without ending the variable thing. Can anyone help me?

Example:
Dim var1
var1 = "I want my quote in " here."

Where I want the quote in between 'in' and 'here' to be part of the sentence, but instead it sets the variable to 'I want my qoute in '.

Insert Lots Of Text
I am trying to use a mysql database with php to create dynamic pages. I have no problem creating a page which holds small bits of information but i would like to have a dynamic page where a lot of text is dynamically stored. I would then be able to alter the pages of my site using the database rather than going into dWmx. at present i can get it to store quite alot of text but it cuts off at a certain limit, also it is also no longer formatted when it is retrieved. the field is set to text. Id be very grateful if someone can tell me if i am going the right way about this.

Importing Text File
I am attempting to import data from a text file. There are many records
to be imported and the raw file format is:

"1 |010-5502-502 |16H1-7-3 |CONTACT, ELECTRICAL,
7/8in. |356.0000 |0.0000"
"1 |03-06-1062 |16H3-5-1 |RECEPTACLE,FREE
HANGING 6 CON.|1.0000 |0.0000"
"1 |03-06-2061 |16H2-8-2 |PLUG, POWER CONNECTOR
|3.0000 |0.0000"

Obviously, a delimiter is the | symbol. How can I do this?

Re-write Text File
i'm creating a log file regarding database operations. My problem is i want to append a new record into the log file each time i update my database. Previously I've used the following method to create a file:

SELECT * INTO OUTFILE 'c:/"+fileName[i]+" '
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|'
LINES TERMINATED BY '
'
FROM "+tableName[i]+";

MY problem is I cannot re-use the file created. Is there any way to call the same file for the purpose of re-use. Or maybe the OUTFILE do not allow file created to be re-use.

How To Import Text File?
I am using MAMP and am trying to import a large text file (up to 30mb) that is defined by position i.e., space 1-8 = ID, space 9-14 = Description, etc. The only option for import is via SQL or CSV file.

Loading A Text File
To insert information into my tables ive been trying to create a .txt with all the information in. bit when i try to load it by entering
mysql> LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/path/"name".txt' INTO TABLE "name"; it comes up with
ERROR 2 (HY000): File 'path"name".txt' not found (Errcode: 2)
ive been saving my .txt file onto the desktop.

Text File Import
I'm importing a large text file (8 million lines) into a mysql table via the heidisql front end. Each line has 42 fields (tab separated) so there's a lot of data to bring in.

I tested the import with a truncated version of the text file (10,000 lines) and the import worked fine. It took about a minute (i think) to import. Now though, the full version (which is 800x as long) has been importing for nearly 48 hours. Heidisql seems to be still working - it hasn't frozen, it's busy.

Is it normal for a file of this size to take so long to import?

Updating A Text File Using Php
well I have this text file "lingo.txt" that has a list of abbreviations which are used in a game I play. to make thing interactive i was hoping that visiters would be able to add there own abbreviation and the meaning of it to the "lingo.txt" file and then other people can download it

I know you can easily do this with a MySQL database (which I do have)but I wont them to be able to downlaod the list of words

I have found a way to update the file using the fwrite and fopen comands but thats deletes the last input where as i want them all save to a long list.

Inserting Text File
I've created a simple database that stores various little bits of information using varchar datatypes. But for each record i need to store a textfile that specifically has 60 characters per line. What i want to do is load the text in a way such that it remebers the new line characters, so that when i print it out on a webpage using perl cgi / dbi it prints the file out the way i want- i.e 60 characters per line and therefore multiple lines. Is there a way i can do this?

Read Text From A File
I have a text file which contains the following data

1&david&0248814&software engg&1973
2&thomas&8475623&commerse&1965

I have created a table <info> with the attributes
nr
name
reg_nr
sub
born_yr

I need to somehow read the data from the file n insert them into the table attributes...
does anyone over here know how could this be done ?
to insert the data to the table could be done with insert into <table> values <value> but the problem is how can i read it from the file...leaving the '&' sign ?

Text File Input
Just started to use mySQL and just also bought the mySQP Administrator's Guide - so sorry if simple question.
I need to create a new table with 25 columns, can I define this command line input via a text file?

i.e. instead of
mysql>CREATE New_Tab (col1_name, col1_type, etc....

I assume that you can use text files this way, but how do you run them.

I have seen the importing data from a file into a table;e.g.

mysql>load data local infile "myfile" into table New_Tab;

Loading From A Text File
I am using Xampp tool for a project which has to do with processing of lot of data. The problem is that hundreed thousands of data is generated every day in text file (comma separated or pipe separated doesnt matter) and all I want to do is to insert all these values in the appropriate tables. I looked for this feature in mysql GUI tools byt I couldnt find anything.
Another thing; Could be text file be imported automatically in any time we desire?

Import A Text File
I have a utf8 txt file to import in a MySQL db, cause I must create a
web-application in PHP for reading this information on-line.
I have create a new DB in MYSQL 4.1.1a setting CHARACTER=utf8,
then I have create a table t1 with character set utf8 and some fileds
also with CHARACTER=utf8.
Then I imported the Txt file (really in UTF8 format, with 22600
records!) in my db. MySQL have imported the non-utf8 field correctly,
26000 records.
When I try to read this utf8 filed they appear like "???-?-???".
Then, also my PHP application show this field with stranges
characters. I have try also with PHPfunction utf8_encode with no
success

Tab Delineated Text File
I have a table and I'd like to output all the contents of the table to a tab delineated text file. What's the SQL command to do something like this?

Parsing A Text File
i have a large formatted text file and i need to create a parser to put it into mysql database tables.Each entry has the same keywords, and everything after the ":" are changed for the different entries. The text file has the following format.

JN: Nature
IS: 398
TI: Humans use internal models to estimate gravity and linear acceleration
AU: Merfeld, Zupan + Peterka
PY: 1999

Import Text And Csv File
i want to import either text or csv file to database how can i do this..i have tried mysqlimport command but its giving some error

INSERT Statement All Caps For Text
Is there a command to tell Mysql to enter text in all caps that I can put in the instert statement?

for instance:

insert into table (id, text) values (Ƈ', cap_all('hello'));

something along those lines?

Multiline Text Box Insert To MySQL
I am trying to make a custom blog and have set up a form and a php script to insert the data into a mysql database.

However, when i type in to the multiline text box:
"test

test

more"

(note new lines)

It goes into the database but then when i preview the information in a webpage it comes out as:

"testtestmore", all on one line?

Inserting Text File Into Mysql...
Basically I'm new at this whole databasing thing (shudders) so please forgive me if my description of my problem is a little hodgepodge at best...

I use MySQL 4.0.27-standard w/ phpmyadmin...

Basically I have a friend doing most of the databasing for me so I'm good with that but he has alluded to something possibly being possible and I'd like to see if you wonderful folk could perhaps solve this.

I would basically like to upload a text file like that described below:

PHP

$$***+++***$$
Famous Person
$$$**--**$$$
content content content
$$***+++***$$
Famous Person
$$$**--**$$$
content content content
$$***+++***$$$
Famous Person
$$$**--**$$$
content content content
$$***+++***$$
etc...

So as you can see I could seperate the content in the text file (shown above) by some random string that won't occur elsewhere....

Then I'd like to place all the famous people in one field (.. whatever it's called)... With all the content in the field over from it. So like I'd have field : authors name = Famous Person 1, then field : information = content.

This would help so much w/ how fast I could get all the content into my site.. My friend has a degree in cpu programming so he's a smart cookie, but any code, or sources, or any help on how to do this would be appreciated.

Also if i left out anything important please just ask..