MySQL: Enable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE

Question

I\'m running Mysql 5.5 on Ubuntu 12 LTS. How should I enable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE in my.cnf?

I\'ve tried adding local-infile in my config at various places but I\'

Answer 1

I used below method, which doesn't require any change in config, tested on mysql-5.5.51-winx64 and 5.5.50-MariaDB:

put 'load data...' in .sql file (ex: LoadTableName.sql)

LOAD DATA INFILE 'D:\\Work\\TableRecords.csv' INTO TABLE tbl1 FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n' IGNORE 1 LINES (col1,col2);

then:

mysql -uroot -pStr0ngP@ss -Ddatabasename -e "source D:\Work\LoadTableName.sql"