----- Original Message ----- > From: "Halász Sándor" <h...@tbbs.net> > > noting that MySQL does not really support CSV: one can set all
Not *entirely* accurate: MySQL does include a CSV engine that you can use in the same way you would use InnoDB or any other engine. If you create a table a with engine=CSV and then go look at the data dictionary, you'll find the files a.frm and a.CSV there. You can then swap a.CSV out for a properly formatted CSV file with the same structure as the table you've created; and if a select on the table then yields the data you were expecting, you can just do alter table a engine=InnoDB to magically transform it into a proper table. The other way around works, too, btw - you can easily do "create table export engine=CSV as select * from table" and then copy the resulting export.CSV. Given that that functionality is there, though, it baffles me why a proper CSV import/export mechanism has never been implemented. -- Bier met grenadyn Is als mosterd by den wyn Sy die't drinkt, is eene kwezel Hy die't drinkt, is ras een ezel -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
