On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:59:48 -0400, Scott Helms wrote: > I generally drop them into /tmp for easy access and cleanup after the > data load, but you can put them any place that the mysql daemon process > has access to read.
Huh, maybe the daemon doesn't have access to /tmp?... thufir@dur:/tmp$ thufir@dur:/tmp$ ll /tmp/make_year_model.csv -rw-rw-r-- 1 thufir thufir 83 Jun 23 22:04 /tmp/make_year_model.csv thufir@dur:/tmp$ thufir@dur:/tmp$ nl /tmp/make_year_model.csv 1 make1,model1,2012,123,red 2 make2,model2,2013,456,blue 3 make3,model3,2001,789,green thufir@dur:/tmp$ thufir@dur:/tmp$ mysql -u root -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 55 Server version: 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 (Ubuntu) Copyright (c) 2000, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql> mysql> LOAD DATA INFILE '/tmp/make_year_model.csv' INTO TABLE vehicles.vehicles FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'; ERROR 29 (HY000): File '/tmp/make_year_model.csv' not found (Errcode: 13) mysql> mysql> quit Bye thufir@dur:/tmp$ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql