LOAD DATA LOCAL, How do I skip the first line?

Question

I'm trying to Load a CSV file into my MySQL database, But I would like to skip the first line.

I fact It contains the name of my columns and no interesting data.

Here is the query I'm using:

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/myfile.csv' 
INTO TABLE tableName
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
ENCLOSED BY '\"' 
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' 
(column,column,column);

Manet

Answer 1

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

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Indifferent

I have a question. Lets take IGNORE LINES 5; as an example. Would that ignore line 5 or lines 1-5? – Kilocalorie

@EatSleepCode, it will ignore the first N lines, so lines 1 to 5, this last included. – Lignite

Answer 2

For those curious, IGNORE N LINES should be after the separator qualifiers:

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/myfile.csv' 
INTO TABLE tableName
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
ENCLOSED BY '\"' 
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' 
IGNORE 1 LINES
(column,column,column);

Oidium

Your note on the placement of IGNORE is KEY! – Steeve

Answer 3

Try this:

IGNORE N LINES
LOAD DATA INFILE "/path/to/file.csv"
INTO TABLE MYTABLE 
COLUMNS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
IGNORE 1 LINES;

Pontoon