Insert data from a textfile into table

[Mregina]

SORRY ABOUT THE DOUBLE POST

hey all.

i'm having a problem here. i'm trying to upload a table into the database. i've tried .csv, excel, .txt, word... and none work. if i select DATA as my upload method i get the following error:
#1045 - Access denied for user: 'clearpo_master@localhost' (Using password: YES)

and if i use DATA LOCAL i get:
#1148 - The used command is not allowed with this MySQL version

so im confused. ive tried it every which way except the right way apparently. im running phpMyAdmin 2.5.3 with MySQL 4.0.24.

if anyone could give me a tip, i'd appreciate it.

[fenway]

Well, you probably mean LOCAL, if you're giving it a file path... but this is a sever-dependent configuration option.