Import CSV File Directly into MySQL

How do I import CSV file into a MySQL table?

The core of your problem seems to be matching the columns in the CSV file to those in the table.

Many graphical mySQL clients have very nice import dialogs for this kind of thing.

My favourite for the job is Windows based HeidiSQL. It gives you a graphical interface to build the LOAD DATA command; you can re-use it programmatically later.

Screenshot: "Import textfile" dialog

To open the Import textfile" dialog, go to Tools > Import CSV file:

Import CSV file directly into MySQL

You can create a script to parse your csv file and to put the data into db.

Something like:

    $path = "yourfile.csv";
    $row = 1;
    if (($handle = fopen($path, "r")) !== FALSE) {
        while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
            $row++;
            $data_entries[] = $data ;

        }
        fclose($handle);
    }
    // this you'll have to expand
    foreach($data_entries as $line){
        $sql = "INSERT INTO ..."
        $db->execute($line);
    }

Fastest way to import csv file into MYSQL

You can insert data this way. This is default way to insert rows in a table.

    $deleterecords = "TRUNCATE TABLE discount"; //empty the table of its current records
    mysql_query($deleterecords);
    //readfile($name);

    //Import uploaded file to Database
    $handle = fopen($name, "r");

    $i=0;

    $ins = "INSERT into discount(id,title,expired_date,amount,block) values ";

    while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {

    if($i>0){

    $import .= $ins."('".$data[0]."','".$data[1]."','".$data[2]."','".$data[3]."','".$data[4]."'),";
    //imports data serially to the allocated columns.

    }

    $import = rtrim($import,',');
    mysql_query($import) or die(mysql_error());//query
    $i=1;
    }
    fclose($handle);
   //closing the handle
   // print "Import done ";
   ?>

How to import a CSV file into a MySQL table

Instead of writing a script to pull in information from a CSV file, you can link MYSQL directly to it and upload the information using the following SQL syntax.

To import an Excel file into MySQL, first export it as a CSV file. Remove the CSV headers from the generated CSV file along with empty data that Excel may have put at the end of the CSV file.

You can then import it into a MySQL table by running:

load data local infile 'uniq.csv' into table tblUniq fields terminated by ','
  enclosed by '"'
  lines terminated by '\n'
    (uniqName, uniqCity, uniqComments)

as read on: Import CSV file directly into MySQL

EDIT

For your case, you'll need to write an interpreter first, for finding the first row, and assigning them as column names.

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EDIT-2

From MySQL docs on LOAD DATA syntax:

The IGNORE number LINES option can be used to ignore lines at the
start of the file. For example, you can use IGNORE 1 LINES to skip
over an initial header line containing column names:

LOAD DATA INFILE '/tmp/test.txt' INTO TABLE test IGNORE 1 LINES;

Therefore, you can use the following statement:

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'uniq.csv'
INTO TABLE tblUniq
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
    ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
IGNORE 1 LINES
(uniqName, uniqCity, uniqComments)

Importing data from CSV file into MYSQL

If both files are in same folder then try using the following command:

load data local infile './covidDeath.csv'

Let me know if you still face any issue.

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