Re: Re-Importing .CSV file into Database

DL Neil, OK buddy, let me be more than frank with you.. i don't think i've been quite as confused and having the expression "what the hell are you tryin 2 say" on my lips in a while, as i had when i read your mail. Hmm.. i do hope u can help me though.. T. Edison jr. > Further to David's comment - the "mysql data > directory" (without pathname) is the database's own > directory (cf > the directory of databases - if that makes any > sense) - and any relative pathnames (obviously) > lead on from > there, so full pathnames are not necessarily > necessary. > > Also, when I did an import last night: > 1 it was not necessary to escape the double quote > field delimiters (it is within single quotes) > 2 because of the vagaries of Windows boxes, it was > necessary to ensure the record terminators were > treated > consistently - either build the export file with > only LF or instruct MySQL to use CRLF (as Jason put > it to "be > readable to the MySQL server daemon process thingy") > > Regards, > =dn > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > ===== Rahul S. Johari (Director) ****************************************** Abraxas Technologies Inc. Homepage : http://www.abraxastech.com Email : abraxastech@yahoo.com Tel : 91-4546512/4522124 ******************************************* __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com