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- MySQL database "literature", table "formats"
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- field names
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- fields available in table "formats" description
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- format_id the unique ID number of this format entry
- format_name the display name of this format as it occurs within the formats popup
- format_type the type of this format, either 'import' or 'export'
- format_enabled specifies globally whether the referenced format can be displayed within the formats popup ('true') [if a user chooses so] or not ('false')
- format_spec the unique name of the file holding the function that will output this format (format files must be located either within the 'export' or the 'import' directory)
- order_by a string that specifies the primary sort order for this entry (secondary sort order is by format name)
- depends_id the unique ID number of the referenced external utility that's required for this format (the ID corresponds to the depends_id number of the utility's entry within the "depends" table)
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- column types
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- format_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY
- format_name VARCHAR(100)
- format_type ENUM("export","import") NOT NULL
- format_enabled ENUM("true","false") NOT NULL
- format_spec VARCHAR(255)
- order_by VARCHAR(25)
- depends_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL
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- INDEX (format_name)
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- table creation code
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- CREATE TABLE formats (format_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, format_name VARCHAR(100), format_type ENUM("export","import") NOT NULL, format_enabled ENUM("true","false") NOT NULL, format_spec VARCHAR(255), order_by VARCHAR(25), depends_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, INDEX (format_name));
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- 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
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- load data code
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- LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE "/PATH/TO/FILE/formats.txt" INTO TABLE formats;
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- or, alternatively, use something like the following from your shell:
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- mysqlimport --local -u root -p YOUR_DB_NAME "/PATH/TO/FILE/formats.txt"
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