MySQL database "literature", table "styles"
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field names
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fields available in table "styles"	description
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style_id	the unique ID number of this citation style entry
style_name	the display name of this citation style as it occurs within the styles popup
style_enabled	specifies globally whether the referenced citation style can be displayed within the styles popup ('true') [if a user chooses so] or not ('false')
style_spec	the unique name of the file holding the citation function that will output this citation style (style files must be located within the 'cite' directory)
order_by	a string that specifies the primary sort order for this entry (secondary sort order is by style name)
depends_id	the unique ID number of the referenced external utility that's required for this style (the ID corresponds to the depends_id number of the utility's entry within the "depends" table)



column types
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style_id	MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY
style_name	VARCHAR(100)
style_enabled	ENUM("true","false") NOT NULL
style_spec	VARCHAR(255)
order_by	VARCHAR(25)
depends_id	MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL

INDEX	(style_name)



table creation code
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CREATE TABLE styles (style_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, style_name VARCHAR(100), style_enabled ENUM("true","false") NOT NULL, style_spec VARCHAR(255), order_by VARCHAR(25), depends_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, INDEX (style_name));


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/styles.txt" INTO TABLE styles;

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

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