Save CSV Files into MySQL Database

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:

How to insert csv file data into mysql database

You can try below syntax if it works for you otherwise provide csv data:

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'C:/region_codes.csv' INTO TABLE `region_codes` FIELDS ESCAPED BY '\\' FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n';

If above syntax does not work then export data by below command again and import by below given command.

select * into outfile 'C:/region_codes.csv' fields terminated by ',' optionally enclosed by '"' lines terminated by '\n' from `region_codes`;

Now use below command (to ignore column heading line)

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'C:/region_codes.csv' INTO TABLE `region_codes` FIELDS ESCAPED BY '\\' FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n' IGNORE 1 LINES;

Note: If data is prepared manually then need to correct it manually.

If still not work then attach your csv data to check exact problem.

how to Export data from csv file into mysql database?

I think you mean IMPORT., here's how:

load data local infile 'yourCSVfilepath.csv' into table tableNameHERE
fields terminated by ','
optionally enclosed by '"'
lines terminated by '\r\n'

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)

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