MySQL database "literature", table "depends" ============================================ field names ----------- fields available in table "depends" description ----------------------------------- ----------- 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 ------------ 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 ------------------- 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 --------------------- - 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/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"