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

For those of you looking for answers to make LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE work like me, this might probably work. Well it worked for me, so here it goes. Install percona as your mysql server and client by following the steps from the link. A password will be prompted for during the installation, so provide one that you'll remember and use it later. One the installation is done, reboot your system and test if the server is up and running by going to the terminal and typing mysql -u root -p and then the password. Try running the command LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE now.. Hope it works :)

BTW I was working on Rails 2.3 with Ruby 1.9.3 on Ubuntu 12.04.

Answer 2

Ok, something odd is happening here. To make this work, do NOT need to make any configuration changes in /etc/mysql/my.cnf . All you need to do is to restart the current mysql service in terminal:

sudo service mysql restart

Then if I want to "recreate" the bug, I simply restart the apache service:

sudo service apache2 restart

Which can then be fixed again by entering the following command:

sudo service mysql restart

So, it appears that the apache2 is doing something to not allow this feature when it starts up (which is then reversed/corrected if restart the mysql service).

Valid in Debian based distributions.

service mysqld restart
service httpd restart

Valid in RedHat based distributions

Answer 3

Add local_infile in both client and mysqld section.

[client]
local_infile=1
...

[mysqld]
local_infile=1
...

Tested in MySQL 8.x both in Windows and Linux.

Answer 4

All: Evidently this is working as designed. Please see new ref man dated 2019-7-23, Section 6.1.6, Security Issues with LOAD DATA LOCAL.

Answer 5

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"

Answer 6

if your csv file located same with db, you need to remove LOCAL in LOAD DATA INFILE, or you will get the error

The used command is not allowed with this MySQL version