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Fixed Length Export
Is there a way to export mysql table data in a fixed column format?
In foxpro there was an output format of 'sdf' that preserved position; is there a similar option in mysql? Some fields have null values.

Export Data To A Fixed Length File
Can someone tell me the best way to export table data to a fixed-length text file. I notice it gives me options for an xml, csv, and xls file, but I need a fixed length file.

Load Fixed Length Format File
if anybody has some experience how to load file with fixed length format

SELECT INTO OUTFILE
I was wondering if it were possible to make it so that if a REMOTE user connects to the server and issues a "SELECT INTO OUTFILE" type statement, the file created will be created locally on their machine rather than the server machine.

Select Into Outfile
Is there a way to have the field descriptions put into an outfile? When I do a Select * from data, the display shows the field names, however when I do the select * into outfile /tmp/test.txt the field names are not in the file.

Select Into Outfile
i have the following query :

(used in visual basic)

"select * into outfile ......where id=irand || id=irand2 || id=irand3 || id=irand4 || id=irand5 "

the problem is that in the file created the data in sorted ASC, i need the data to output like in the query, irand,irand2,irand3,irand4 and irand5,

i see order by 1,2,3,4,5 as a solution but it didnt worked.

Select Into Outfile
I'm using the comand select * into outfile. ItÂ´s working and I get a .txt-file. My problm is, that I need the headers of the columns and right now they are not included. Is there a comand, what tells Mysql to write them in the text-file? MySQL-version is 4.0.

Select Into Outfile
Is there a way to have the field descriptions put into an outfile?
When I do a Select * from data, the display shows the field names,
however when I do the select * into outfile /tmp/test.txt the field names
are not in the file.

SELECT INTO OUTFILE
When I export a query in an .txt file using command SELECT ... INTO OUTFILE how can I also export fields name?

SELECT INTO OUTFILE
I have data in a table that I would like to select into an outfile.I can do this no problem but the problems lies with the fact I would also like to include the column names and if possible overwrite the file if it already exists.do you know if either of these options is possible?

Select * Into Outfile
im trying to execute this sql statement

select * into outfile '/tmp/numbers.txt' from tableName where thisField like '%this%'

the statement executes with no errors, but the text file is not created.

when i create a file of the same name on the server, and execute, an error kicks up saying 'the file already exists'
what do you think is happening here, why is the txt file not being created?

Select Into Outfile And 2Gb Limit
"select into outfile" stops writing to file at 2Gb size... Where i can turn it off?

Variables In Select Into Outfile
I wan to use a variable for the outfile file name in a select into clause. I am
doing something like:

set @fileName="/tmp/result.text"
SELECT col1, col2 INTO OUTFILE @fileName
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
FROM test_table;

the interpreter dies at the @fileName...
if I exchange @filename with "/tmp/result.text" it runs fine.

SELECT INTO OUTFILE 'filename'
Im trying to create a stored procedure in mysql 5 to dump the result of a select statement into a file. When i give the actual file name, it works perfectly.

I want to give the filename as a variable that is parsed into the procedure, how do I do this.

This is the procedure i used, and it works...

CREATE PROCEDURE `genfile`()
BEGIN
SELECT * FROM vreg INTO OUTFILE 'TEST.TXT';
END

Please tel me how i can parse a filename as a parameter and use it as the filename.
When I do the below, i get an error,

CREATE PROCEDURE genfile(IN filename VARCHAR(100))
BEGIN
SELECT * FROM vreg INTO OUTFILE filename;
END

Variables In Select Into Outfile
I want to use a variable for the outfile file name in a select into clause. I am
doing something like:

set @fileName="/tmp/result.text"
SELECT col1, col2 INTO OUTFILE @fileName
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
FROM test_table;

the interpreter dies at the @fileName...
if I exchange @filename with "/tmp/result.text" it runs fine.

any suggestions?

SELECT ... INTO OUTFILE Options
how to use the SELECT ... INTO OUTFILE command to create a csv file of query output. The problem i have is that the resulting file doesnot have column headers. Is there an option that i need to turn on/off to enable the output file have column headers.

Select Data Into Outfile
Thought I'd post that info here in case someone was looking for it.

Guelphdad - I found this thread:
http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/163185
I understand you may get what you want using batch mode.

Now I ran it directly from my command prompt and saved the file in the current directory (on WinXP, sure the same works for Linux)

echo SELECT * from animal | mysql -udavemysql -p***** testdb > mysqloutfile.txt

I found I had to name the database i was using or of course got the no db selected error message.

SELECT INTO OUTFILE Access Denied
I am trying to make a big text file from an old forum version I use on my virtual LAMP server.

For this I am using the following statement:

SELECT threads INTO OUTFILE '/home/me/threads.txt' FROM forums;

I get the following error:

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'me'@'ip-adres' (using password: YES)

It seems I don't have acces to write to a file via mysql. My ISP covered that perfectly, but is there a work arround?

If I do:

SELECT threads FROM forums;

All the threads scroll by on my terminal. But they are to big to fit in the terminal for a simple copy paste.........

SELECT INTO OUTFILE With Column Headers
I've just written a stored procedure that uses the SELECT INTO OUTFILE command. I'd like the file it writes to contain the column headers similar to the way that they show up from a command line call.

Running SELECT INTO OUTFILE As A CRON Job
I need to run the "SELECT * INTO OUTFILE" command as a CRON job. I can do this via command line and it works fine, but when I add it to my CRON file it does not run.

My problem is I dont know how to create a CRON job or script that logs into mySQL and then runs the "SELECT * INTO OUTFILE" command.

I am currently running "mySQL DUMP" as a CRON job without any problem.

SELECT 'length' Of Result
I have a field in my database that is a 'text' field - post_text...

I want to be able to select just the first (500) characters in the field - but, can't seem to find any documentation for this...

Limit Field Length Of Select *
I have this table with a lot of fields in it. A few of the fields are text-blobs, so select * from tableG is pretty unreadable. Is there a way to select *, but truncate all columns to X characters. I realise, that I could type out the fields explicitly, but I'm after a quick trick to use in the command line client.

Select With Partial Length Index
I have a table, table1, with the field 'areacodeplustelephone'. This field
is of length 10. I created an index called 'areacode' that only uses the
first three characters.

Can I use this index in my select statement?
I tried this: select name from table1 where areacodeplustelephone =
330' -- no results

I tried this: select name from table1 where left(areacodeplustelephone,3) =
'330' -- got the results but slow...id didn't use the index

I'm I going about this the wrong way? Is there a better way than using the
"left" function?

"select Into Outfile " Issue
I am running MYSQL 5.0 ON WINXP pro.

I have the following procedure:

Loading Fixed-Width
I need to load fixed-delimited (positional fields) text files into mySQL tables, but don't know how to accomplish this. Sample text file data is as follows (data is properly aligned, but in sample below it gets messed up with this editor):

aaaaa bbb 11111 4444
jkjxjk hjh 22222 3333
eeeee bbb 33333 8989
yuyuy ccc 22222 9999

I'm loading this data on mySQL in Windows and don't want to have to go through intermediate steps to get it loaded vi tab or comma-delimited fields since it will require a complete conversion of the files.
Also, how do you selectevely load some fields and skip others with the load utility?

Mysql Vulnerability Fixed
I have had the following vulnerability reported to me (using a program called FoundScan) and I am trying to find out if this bug was patched, but I can not find any documentation on it. Any suggestions on where I should look. I went to mysql.org and did not have any luck finding if they recongized the problem or if it was fixed.
MySQL allows authorized users to switch to a different user account using the COM_CHANGE_USER command. Inadequate bounds checking allows any password greater than 16 characters that is parsed by COM_CHANGE_USER to cause a buffer overflow condition. Arbitrary data outside the buffer may be executed with elevated privileged or cause the MySQL daemon (mysqld) to crash. This allows attackers with access to a valid account to cause a denial-of-service condition or run arbitrary code on the targeted host

Slow Inefficent Query (FIXED)
I have this query which pulls members from a table of 1200 members details, filtering out those without and email address and those that don't want Newsletters, and also any whose email address exists in a second table (emails that have hard bounced previously)

My first attempt took an age and returned about 10,000 members, clearly loads of repeated rows

My 'final' attempt with a DISTINCT shoved in works perfectly but is really slow, PHPAdmin says it takes 1.1s but on the website the data doesn't appear for over 30s, all the other sundry queries on the same table work nice and quick on the same website using the same php to generate the table of results

The googling I've done suggests (to me) that there's nothing wrong with the query but I suspect that there's far too much checking of fields going on from the pre DISTINCT query's results ....

Force Fixed Decimal On Import
I have a text file that is length delimited, I would like to import this into a table. I was successful in importing the data using "load data local infile '/name of file' into table tablename FIELDS ENCLOSED BY '' AND TERMINATED BY ''

Some of the fields in the file are numerical with different lengths an should be formatted set to 2 decimal places(example 47000 to 470.00 ) I have tried setting the fields in the table as decimal (10,2) but this just adds two addtional places.

Is there a way to format the data so that will place a decimal holder at 2.

Fixed Width Text Files
I need to import multiple fixed-width text files into a database on a daily basis. My thought was to do this with a stored procedure, but I don't see any mysql syntax that would allow me to load a fixed-width file into a table. What am I missing?

Processing A Fixed-width File To Database
could some one tell me who I could run a stored process and upload 4 large file to a database table?

I don't have much of a clue how to do this stuff.

I have a php file that I have the LOAD DATA INFILE / LOCAL INFILE but don't know how to get this to be in a store processing, also can this be ran by a bash script?

Import Fixed Lenght Field From Ascii Text
does anyone have some suggestion to import Asccii text into Mysql tables

The tables are empty and can be created at import
The records from ascii text are fixed lenght but delimited by CRLF

The fields are not delimited but fixed lenght

Outfile
Tried to write data from a query out to a file and get told permission denied if I use any directory paths - unix. If I jsut put a name.txt, it exports, but I can't find the file anywhere, yet if I re-export, I'm told the file already exists.
What am I missing?

OUTFILE
I am running a cron job that calls a script to export data from a single table on a The query in my script looks like this:Code:

SELECT * INTO OUTFILE "/var/www/path/to/webroot/htdocs/data/data.csv" FIELDS
TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY "
"
FROM tableName;

Is there anything that can be added to that query to allow "data.csv" to be overwritten every time it runs? Right now, I get an error saying it can't be overwritten.

If this cannot be done, I can run another script to delete the file before the next time the 1st script runs, but I was hoping to have it all taken care of in the SQL query.

Into Outfile
Im Using Mysql V3.22+ And Im Trying This Query Select ... Into Outfile... Inthe Mysql Control Center But It Cant Work! Does Any 1 Can Tell Me How To Write The Data In The Database Into A File In Client Pc

Into Outfile
I am using MySQL v4.1.20. I need to output records to a file the customer can then open with MS Excel. I could not get the PHP script to create this file so I went to PHPMyAdmin to craft the query. Here is what I am trying:
SELECT *
INTO OUTFILE 'd:siteshansenplus.csv'
FIELDS ESCAPED BY ''
ENCLOSED BY '"'
TERMINATED BY ','
FROM plusservices;
There are records in the table. The query runs but returns a null data set and no file is created.

I have tried many variations on the SQL syntax. This version is the only one that will run.

OUTFILE To Blob
i wonder if this is possible:

1) I would like to create a backup of data from a trigger - this backup should load all data regarding a user (from various tables) into blob columns in a other table

now - i know one can use outfile ...... and then load it back into a blob - however , my problem is that i will be using mysql on a shared hosting platform ... writing to file wil not be permitted... i will have to insert the blob directly from a varaible or a select query..

Remote OUTFILE
I have three servers (S01,S02,S03)... my aplication PHP run in S01 and there are two databases in S02 and S03.

I make one file and I'm using LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE INTO tbl_xxx to load file in S01 to S02.

My problem is:

I need export data from S03 to S01 using only mysql.
I'm using SELECT OUTFILE, but this statment is only local.

is it possible?

INTO OUTFILE Permission
I have the MySQL server on a shared file server, and would like the internal network users to query the database and store the results in text or Excel format on their local drives (Or a mapped shared drive).

Currently in the test version of this system,i have Mysql running on local host and the scripts on the same system. All the files are traded locally under test.
But when i try to save the generated excel files to a shared location i get an error.

Add Headers To Outfile
I'm selecting records into an OUTFILE;

SELECT foo,bar INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/foo' FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' FROM bar

I would like to add the headers foo and bar to the output file. How can I have mysql do that automatically.

Syntax For Outfile
I'm a kinda newbie at MySQL...
I can't seem to gather where my typo is for running a query for outfile into a file. I get confused to what's going on when I do see that it created a file name "Datalist.txt" in the c: drive but its filesize is 0kb -an empty file...What to do??

SELECT TABLE2.file1
lines terminated by '
'
FROM TABLE1, TABLE2
where (TABLE2.TABLE2_id=TABLE1.TABLE2_id) and (TABLE2.file='OutPutFile.txt') limit 100;

Outfile Of Sql Data
Here the SQL Statement:
mysql> select c.company_id, c.name from company c, co_directory d where c.company_id=d.company_id and d.directory_id=10 into outfile "comp_dir10.txt";
I have executed the above statement in my mysql server. Where the output file will stored. ?

Fixed Table, Variable Number Of References To Another Table?
I have two tables A and B. I want to have a column in table A that can reference to zero or more rows in table B. Is there a way to do this without making my table dynamic? I want to keep it fixed. Is there a solution or workaround?

Dump Data Outfile
is there a way to dump just data to a file similar to the way "load data
infile" reads data?

Is It Possible To Use INTO OUTFILE To Amend A File?
I'm using multiple SELECT ... INTO OUTFILE commands to write the results to seperate text files at the moment. Would prefer if the results of each statement were written to the same file (with each statement amending, rather than replacing the file contents). Is this possible?

Outfile Name As Parameter In Proc
can I use the outfile_name as a parameter for my proc?

DELIMITER $$

DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS `shema`.`sp_name` $$
CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `sp_name`(in outfile_name varchar(100))
BEGIN

SELECT * FROM manufacturers
limit 11
INTO OUTFILE outfile_name
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ' '
LINES TERMINATED BY '
' ;

END $$

DELIMITER ;

I get an error

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Syntax Error Using INTO OUTFILE Without FROM
This works:

SELECT "x" INTO OUTFILE "/path/xxx" FROM table-name;

This fails with a syntax error:

SELECT "x" INTO OUTFILE "/path/xxx";

Shouldn't this work?

I want to use this syntax in a UNION to add a constant value row to the results of the first SELECT, and the final SELECT is the one that has to have the INTO OUTFILE. No FROM is required, but the syntax fails.

Is there some requirement for FROM with INTO OUTFILE? Or is this a bug?

Korean File Name For Outfile
select * into outfile 'filename' from table;

When I supply a korean/japanese file name in place of 'filename' in the above query, file is getting generated but with non readable krean/japanese file names.

I am running MySQL 4.1.12 with multi lingual support. utf8 as default character set in both client and server.

Escaping Backslash For Outfile
I am inserting windows newline charachers into a field with the intention that when i "select into outfile" the field data will be written on several newlines.

It seems problem is that the default behaviour is to escape
the backslashes when writing the outfile so i end up with the literal charachers in the outfile.

example:
Field1
------
data
more data
some more data
------

mysql> select Field1 into outfile "test.txt" from Table;

returns:
data
more data
some more data

instead of:
data
more data
some more data

i have played with the "FIELDS ESCAPED BY ''" option with no luck.

Can this be done?
Or is there a better way?