MySQL database "literature", table "depends"
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field names
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fields available in table "depends"	description
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depends_id	the unique ID number of this depends entry
depends_external	the unique name of the external utility that is required for a particular import or export format (specified in table 'formats')
depends_enabled	specifies globally whether the external utility is available and can be used ('true') or not ('false')
depends_path	the absolute path to the external utility



column types
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depends_id	MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY
depends_external	VARCHAR(100)
depends_enabled	ENUM("true","false") NOT NULL
depends_path	VARCHAR(255)



table creation code
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CREATE TABLE depends (depends_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, depends_external VARCHAR(100), depends_enabled ENUM("true","false") NOT NULL, depends_path VARCHAR(255));


rules for data import
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- fields are separated by tabs, records are separated by returns (if not specified otherwise within the LOAD DATA statement)
- order of fields must resemble the above field order!
- DATE format must be YYYY-MM-DD
- TIME format must be HH:MM:SS
- carriage returns *within* fields (ASCII character 11) must be replaced with a "UNIX return" (ASCII character 10) -> Search for:  (\x0B)  Replace with: \\n
- empty fields are indicated by \N -> Search for: (?<=\t|^)(?=\t|$)   Replace with: \\N
- character encoding: higher ASCII chars must be encoded as ISO-8859-1
- file encoding must be UNIX


load data code
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LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE "/PATH/TO/FILE/depends.txt" INTO TABLE depends;

or, alternatively, use something like the following from your shell:

mysqlimport --local -u root -p YOUR_DB_NAME "/PATH/TO/FILE/depends.txt"

