Loading CSV files into MySQL Workbench

Question

I have a lot of excel/ CSV files that I need to load into my db in MySQL Workbench (I\'m on Mac OS X). I\'ve searched around for a good walk-through or tutorial, but I haven\'t

Answer 1

For reference, I wanted to do this on Windows and used HeidiSQL to accomplish the task. It was very straightforward, I used Tools -> Import CSV file and it worked on the first try.

Answer 2

Does it have to be Workbench?

Can you use other MySQL bins?

Here's an example: Create database

Create table

load data local infile '/path/whatever.csv' into table dbName.tableName fields terminated by ',' enclosed by '"' lines terminated by '\n';

Answer 3

are you trying to load csv files into a MySQL table? You can do that easily with the LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE command.

Example:

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/data.csv' INTO TABLE my_table FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','

You should be able to enter that command from any interface to MySQL. I'm assuming workbench has a way for you to execute sql queries.

Answer 4

Open the Excel file in Numbers iWork 9) and export to CSV. Import in MySQL with 'CSV with LOAD DATA' option works fine.

Answer 5

This was convoluted for me, but here is what I did:

I had PHPmyAdmin installed, so I exported to CSV w/ , seperated and " as escape character. PHPmyAdmin couldn't handle the " as escape, so I find/replaced all instances of "" with \" and it worked. Suerte!

Answer 6

Or you could use Excel to generate a lot of LOAD DATA INFILE statements using a list of files to load.

Say, you could:

1. place the names of files in A column of Excel

2. place a formula like this in B1 cell:

   ="LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'path/"&A1&"' INTO TABLE tablename FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n';"

3. copy & paste B1 cell in B column cells where needed.

So, you would have LOAD DATA statemens in B column of Excel and could just copy&paste them into mysql command line.

Maybe it would not be too convinient to power user of scripting, but could make sense for strong user of MS Excel.