MySQL database "literature", table "user_styles" ================================================ field names ----------- fields available in table "user_styles" description --------------------------------------- ----------- user_style_id the unique ID number of this user style entry style_id the unique ID number of the referenced citation style (which corresponds to the style_id number of the style's entry within the "citation_styles" table) user_id the user's unique ID number (which corresponds to the user_id number of the user's record entry within the "users" table) show_style specifies whether the referenced citation style will be displayed within the styles popup ('true') or not ('false') column types ------------ user_style_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY style_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL user_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL show_style ENUM("true","false") NOT NULL INDEX (style_id,user_id) table creation code ------------------- CREATE TABLE user_styles (user_style_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, style_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, user_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, show_style ENUM("true","false") NOT NULL, INDEX (style_id,user_id)); rules for data import --------------------- - 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 -------------- LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE "/PATH/TO/FILE/user_styles.txt" INTO TABLE user_styles; or, alternatively, use something like the following from your shell: mysqlimport --local -u root -p YOUR_DB_NAME "/PATH/TO/FILE/user_styles.txt"