I am using MySQL version 3.23.11-alpha on Win98. I have created a database with a table borrower whose description is as follow:
mysql> describe borrower; +---------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +---------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | customer_name | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | loan_number | varchar(5) | YES | | NULL | | +---------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) I use the following to load the data stored in borrower.txt into the table borrower : mysql> load data local infile "c:\\data\\borrower.txt" into table borrower; Query OK, 8 rows affected (0.00 sec) Records: 8 Deleted: 0 Skipped: 0 Warnings: 1 Case 1: The file borrower.txt looks like the following : Adams L-16 Curry L-93 Hayes L-15 Jackson L-14 Jones L-17 Smith L- 11 Smith L-23 Williams L-17 When I run a select query i get the following output : mysql> select * from borrower; +---------------+-------------+ | customer_name | loan_number | +---------------+-------------+ | Adams | L-16 | | Curry | L-93 | | | L-15 |n | L-14 | | L-17 | Smith | L- 11 | | | L-23 | Williams | L-17 | +---------------+-------------+ 8 rows in set (0.06 sec) Case 2: When the contents of borrower.txt is changed to no spaces in between name and loan_number : AdamsL-16 CurryL-93 HayesL-15 JacksonL-14 JonesL-17 SmithL-11 SmithL-23 WilliamsL-17 The data stored in the table is: mysql> select * from borrower; +---------------+-------------+ | customer_name | loan_number | +---------------+-------------+ | NULL | | NULL | | NULL | | NULL | | NULL | | NULL | | NULL | | NULL | +---------------+-------------+ 8 rows in set (0.00 sec) Why was the data not correctly loaded into the table? Please Help me. Regards, Vaibhav Jha. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php