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LOAD DATA INFILE error 1064

I am running this MySQL command:

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'books.csv'
INTO TABLE BOOK (Book_id, @dummy, Title, Publisher_name, @dummy, @dummy)
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n'
IGNORE 1 LINES;

I am getting an error:

ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual 
that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 
'FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n' IGNORE 1 LINES' at line 3

What am I doing wrong here?

Solution

  • http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/load-data.html shows the syntax. The clause naming columns goes after the IGNORE clause.

    LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'books.csv'
  INTO TABLE BOOK 
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n'
IGNORE 1 LINES
(Book_id, @dummy, Title, Publisher_name, @dummy, @dummy);