Data Import

[smti]

Hello,

 

I wrote a bash script to import some data from a CSV file. The code is as follows:

Load Data local infile '/home/<USERNAME>/tstProducts.csv' into table tstProducts fields terminated by ',' enclosed by '"' lines terminated by '\n' (Name, Type, Brand, Description, ABV, TimesAvailable, Image, Website) Ignore 1 Lines;

When I run the bash script I get the following error: syntax error near unexpected token `('

 

Any thoughts on why this may be occurring? I checked my code against a sample and everything looks correct. Any help or insight you can provide would be greatly appreciated!

 

 

-smti

Edited May 7, 2014 by smti

[Barand]

The IGNORE should come before the column list

 

LOAD DATA [LOW_PRIORITY | CONCURRENT] [LOCAL] INFILE 'file_name'
[REPLACE | IGNORE]
INTO TABLE tbl_name
[PARTITION (partition_name,...)]
[CHARACTER SET charset_name]
[{FIELDS | COLUMNS}
[TERMINATED BY 'string']
[[OPTIONALLY] ENCLOSED BY 'char']
[ESCAPED BY 'char']
]
[LINES
[sTARTING BY 'string']
[TERMINATED BY 'string']
]
[iGNORE number {LINES | ROWS}]
[(col_name_or_user_var,...)]
[sET col_name = expr,...]

[smti]

I also tried this with the same result:

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/home/jalewellyn/tstProducts.csv' INTO TABLE tstProducts FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n' IGNORE 1 LINES (Name, Type, Brand, Description, ABV, TimesAvailable, Image, Website);

[jazzman1]

As for getting a bash error, you need to escape the braces otherwise everything between them it will be treated by the parser as a group of commands. 

 

Try,

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/home/jalewellyn/tstProducts.csv' INTO TABLE tstProducts FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n' IGNORE 1 LINES \(Name, Type, Brand, Description, ABV, TimesAvailable, Image, Website\)