MySQL database "literature", table "user_options" ================================================= field names ----------- fields available in table "user_options" description ---------------------------------------- ----------- option_id the unique ID number of this user option entry 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) export_cite_keys controls whether to include cite keys on export or not autogenerate_cite_keys controls whether cite keys will be auto-generated on export prefer_autogenerated_cite_keys controls whether auto-generated cite keys will overwrite record-specific contents from the user-specific 'cite_key' field on export use_custom_cite_key_format controls whether the user's custom cite key format shall be used (instead of the default cite key format provided by the admin) cite_key_format the user's custom cite key format uniquify_duplicate_cite_keys controls whether to add incrementing numbers to any duplicate cite keys nonascii_chars_in_cite_keys controls how non-ASCII characters will be treated in cite keys (keep empty in order to use site default) use_custom_text_citation_format controls whether the user's custom text citation format shall be used (instead of the default text citation format provided by the admin) text_citation_format the user's custom text citation format column types ------------ option_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY user_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL export_cite_keys ENUM('yes','no') NOT NULL autogenerate_cite_keys ENUM('yes','no') NOT NULL prefer_autogenerated_cite_keys ENUM('no','yes') NOT NULL use_custom_cite_key_format ENUM('no','yes') NOT NULL cite_key_format VARCHAR(255) uniquify_duplicate_cite_keys ENUM('yes','no') NOT NULL nonascii_chars_in_cite_keys ENUM('transliterate','strip','keep') use_custom_text_citation_format ENUM('no','yes') NOT NULL text_citation_format VARCHAR(255) INDEX (user_id) table creation code ------------------- CREATE TABLE user_options (option_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, user_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, export_cite_keys ENUM('yes','no') NOT NULL, autogenerate_cite_keys ENUM('yes','no') NOT NULL, prefer_autogenerated_cite_keys ENUM('no','yes') NOT NULL, use_custom_cite_key_format ENUM('no','yes') NOT NULL, cite_key_format VARCHAR(255), uniquify_duplicate_cite_keys ENUM('yes','no') NOT NULL, nonascii_chars_in_cite_keys ENUM('transliterate','strip','keep'), use_custom_text_citation_format ENUM('no','yes') NOT NULL, text_citation_format VARCHAR(255), INDEX (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_options.txt" INTO TABLE user_options; or, alternatively, use something like the following from your shell: mysqlimport --local -u root -p YOUR_DB_NAME "/PATH/TO/FILE/user_options.txt"