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strips any extension from the file name and uses the result to determine the name of the table into which to import the file\*(Aqs contents\&. For example, files named

patient\&.txt,

patient\&.text, and

patient

all would be imported into a table named

patient\&.

.PP

\fBmysqlimport\fR

supports the following options, which can be specified on the command line or in the

[mysqlimport]

and

[client]

groups of an option file\&.

\fBmysqlimport\fR

also supports the options for processing option files described at

Section\ \&4.2.3.4, \(lqCommand-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling\(rq\&.

.sp

.RS 4

.ie n \{\

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.el \{\

.sp -1

.IP \(bu 2.3

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.\" mysqlimport: help option.\" help option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-help\fR,

\fB\-?\fR

.sp

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.\" mysqlimport: bind-address option.\" bind-address option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-bind\-address=\fR\fB\fIip_address\fR\fR

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.\" mysqlimport: character-sets-dir option.\" character-sets-dir option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-character\-sets\-dir=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR

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.sp

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The directory where character sets are installed\&. See

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Section\ \&10.5, \(lqCharacter Set Configuration\(rq\&.

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.\" mysqlimport: columns option.\" columns option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-columns=\fR\fB\fIcolumn_list\fR\fR,

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\fB\-c \fR\fB\fIcolumn_list\fR\fR

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This option takes a comma\-separated list of column names as its value\&. The order of the column names indicates how to match data file columns with table columns\&.

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.\}

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.\" mysqlimport: compress option.\" compress option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-compress\fR,

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\fB\-C\fR

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.sp

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Compress all information sent between the client and the server if both support compression\&.

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.\" mysqlimport: debug option.\" debug option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-debug[=\fR\fB\fIdebug_options\fR\fR\fB]\fR,

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\fB\-# [\fR\fB\fIdebug_options\fR\fR\fB]\fR

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Write a debugging log\&. A typical

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\fIdebug_options\fR

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string is

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\*(Aqd:t:o,\fIfile_name\fR\*(Aq\&. The default is

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\*(Aqd:t:o\*(Aq\&.

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.\" mysqlimport: debug-check option.\" debug-check option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-debug\-check\fR

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.sp

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Print some debugging information when the program exits\&.

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.\" mysqlimport: debug-info option.\" debug-info option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-debug\-info\fR

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Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics when the program exits\&.

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.\" mysqlimport: default-character-set option.\" default-character-set option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-default\-character\-set=\fR\fB\fIcharset_name\fR\fR

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Use

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\fIcharset_name\fR

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as the default character set\&. See

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Section\ \&10.5, \(lqCharacter Set Configuration\(rq\&.

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.\" mysqlimport: default-auth option.\" default-auth option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-default\-auth=\fR\fB\fIplugin\fR\fR

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The client\-side authentication plugin to use\&. See

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Section\ \&6.3.7, \(lqPluggable Authentication\(rq\&.

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This option was added in MySQL 5\&.6\&.2\&.

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.\}

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.\" mysqlimport: delete option.\" delete option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-delete\fR,

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\fB\-D\fR

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.sp

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Empty the table before importing the text file\&.

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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c

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.\}

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.\" mysqldump: fields-terminated-by option.\" fields-terminated-by option: mysqldump\fB\-\-fields\-terminated\-by=\&.\&.\&.\fR,

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.\" mysqldump: fields-enclosed-by option.\" fields-enclosed-by option: mysqldump\fB\-\-fields\-enclosed\-by=\&.\&.\&.\fR,

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.\" mysqldump: fields-optionally-enclosed-by option.\" fields-optionally-enclosed-by option: mysqldump\fB\-\-fields\-optionally\-enclosed\-by=\&.\&.\&.\fR,

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.\" mysqldump: fields-escaped-by option.\" fields-escaped-by option: mysqldump\fB\-\-fields\-escaped\-by=\&.\&.\&.\fR

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These options have the same meaning as the corresponding clauses for

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LOAD DATA INFILE\&. See

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Section\ \&13.2.6, \(lqLOAD DATA INFILE Syntax\(rq\&.

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.\" mysqlimport: force option.\" force option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-force\fR,

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\fB\-f\fR

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Ignore errors\&. For example, if a table for a text file does not exist, continue processing any remaining files\&. Without

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\fB\-\-force\fR,

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\fBmysqlimport\fR

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exits if a table does not exist\&.

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.\" mysqlimport: host option.\" host option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-host=\fR\fB\fIhost_name\fR\fR,

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\fB\-h \fR\fB\fIhost_name\fR\fR

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Import data to the MySQL server on the given host\&. The default host is

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localhost\&.

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.\" mysqlimport: ignore option.\" ignore option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-ignore\fR,

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\fB\-i\fR

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.sp

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See the description for the

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\fB\-\-replace\fR

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option\&.

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.\" mysqlimport: ignore-lines option.\" ignore-lines option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-ignore\-lines=\fR\fB\fIN\fR\fR

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Ignore the first

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\fIN\fR

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lines of the data file\&.

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.RE

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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c

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.\" mysqldump: lines-terminated-by option.\" lines-terminated-by option: mysqldump\fB\-\-lines\-terminated\-by=\&.\&.\&.\fR

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This option has the same meaning as the corresponding clause for

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LOAD DATA INFILE\&. For example, to import Windows files that have lines terminated with carriage return/linefeed pairs, use

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\fB\-\-lines\-terminated\-by="\er\en"\fR\&. (You might have to double the backslashes, depending on the escaping conventions of your command interpreter\&.) See

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Section\ \&13.2.6, \(lqLOAD DATA INFILE Syntax\(rq\&.

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.\" mysqlimport: local option.\" local option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-local\fR,

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\fB\-L\fR

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.sp

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Read input files locally from the client host\&.

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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c

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.\}

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.\" mysqlimport: lock-tables option.\" lock-tables option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-lock\-tables\fR,

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\fB\-l\fR

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.sp

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Lock

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\fIall\fR

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tables for writing before processing any text files\&. This ensures that all tables are synchronized on the server\&.

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.\" mysqlimport: low-priority option.\" low-priority option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-low\-priority\fR

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.sp

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LOW_PRIORITY

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when loading the table\&. This affects only storage engines that use only table\-level locking (such as

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MyISAM,

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MEMORY, and

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MERGE)\&.

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.\}

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.\}

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.\" mysqlimport: password option.\" password option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-password[=\fR\fB\fIpassword\fR\fR\fB]\fR,

401

\fB\-p[\fR\fB\fIpassword\fR\fR\fB]\fR

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.sp

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The password to use when connecting to the server\&. If you use the short option form (\fB\-p\fR), you

404

\fIcannot\fR

405

have a space between the option and the password\&. If you omit the

406

\fIpassword\fR

407

value following the

408

\fB\-\-password\fR

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\fB\-p\fR

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option on the command line,

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\fBmysqlimport\fR

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prompts for one\&.

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.sp

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Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure\&. See

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Section\ \&6.1.2.1, \(lqEnd-User Guidelines for Password Security\(rq\&. You can use an option file to avoid giving the password on the command line\&.

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.RE

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.sp

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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c

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.\}

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.\}

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.\" mysqlimport: pipe option.\" pipe option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-pipe\fR,

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\fB\-W\fR

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On Windows, connect to the server using a named pipe\&. This option applies only if the server supports named\-pipe connections\&.

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.RE

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.sp

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.ie n \{\

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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c

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.\}

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.\}

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.\" mysqlimport: plugin-dir option.\" plugin-dir option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-plugin\-dir=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR

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.sp

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The directory in which to look for plugins\&. It may be necessary to specify this option if the

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\fB\-\-default\-auth\fR

445

option is used to specify an authentication plugin but

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\fBmysqlimport\fR

447

does not find it\&. See

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Section\ \&6.3.7, \(lqPluggable Authentication\(rq\&.

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.sp

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This option was added in MySQL 5\&.6\&.2\&.

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.RE

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.sp

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.ie n \{\

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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c

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.\" mysqlimport: port option.\" port option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-port=\fR\fB\fIport_num\fR\fR,

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\fB\-P \fR\fB\fIport_num\fR\fR

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.sp

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The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection\&.

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.RE

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.sp

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.ie n \{\

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.\}

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.el \{\

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.sp -1

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.\}

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.\" mysqlimport: protocol option.\" protocol option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}\fR

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.sp

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The connection protocol to use for connecting to the server\&. It is useful when the other connection parameters normally would cause a protocol to be used other than the one you want\&. For details on the permissible values, see

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Section\ \&4.2.2, \(lqConnecting to the MySQL Server\(rq\&.

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.RE

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.\}

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.\}

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.\" mysqlimport: replace option.\" replace option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-replace\fR,

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\fB\-r\fR

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.sp

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The

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\fB\-\-replace\fR

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and

495

\fB\-\-ignore\fR

496

options control handling of input rows that duplicate existing rows on unique key values\&. If you specify

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\fB\-\-replace\fR, new rows replace existing rows that have the same unique key value\&. If you specify

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\fB\-\-ignore\fR, input rows that duplicate an existing row on a unique key value are skipped\&. If you do not specify either option, an error occurs when a duplicate key value is found, and the rest of the text file is ignored\&.

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.RE

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.sp

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.RS 4

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.ie n \{\

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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c

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.\}

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.el \{\

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.sp -1

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.\" mysqlimport: silent option.\" silent option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-silent\fR,

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\fB\-s\fR

511

.sp

512

Silent mode\&. Produce output only when errors occur\&.

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.RE

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.sp

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.ie n \{\

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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c

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.\}

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.el \{\

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.sp -1

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.\" mysqlimport: socket option.\" socket option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-socket=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR,

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\fB\-S \fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR

525

.sp

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For connections to

527

localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on Windows, the name of the named pipe to use\&.

528

.RE

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.sp

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531

.ie n \{\

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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c

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.\}

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.el \{\

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.\" mysqlimport: SSL options.\" SSL options: mysqlimport\fB\-\-ssl*\fR

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.sp

540

Options that begin with

541

\fB\-\-ssl\fR

542

specify whether to connect to the server using SSL and indicate where to find SSL keys and certificates\&. See

543

Section\ \&6.3.9.4, \(lqSSL Command Options\(rq\&.

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.RE

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.sp

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.el \{\

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.\" mysqlimport: user option.\" user option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-user=\fR\fB\fIuser_name\fR\fR,

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\fB\-u \fR\fB\fIuser_name\fR\fR

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.sp

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The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server\&.

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.RE

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.sp

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.\" mysqlimport: use-threads option.\" use-threads option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-use\-threads=\fR\fB\fIN\fR\fR

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.sp

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Load files in parallel using

571

\fIN\fR

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threads\&.

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.RE

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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c

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.\}

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.\" mysqlimport: verbose option.\" verbose option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-verbose\fR,

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\fB\-v\fR

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.sp

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Verbose mode\&. Print more information about what the program does\&.

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.RE

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.\" mysqlimport: version option.\" version option: mysqlimport\fB\-\-version\fR,

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\fB\-V\fR

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Here is a sample session that demonstrates use of

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\fBmysqlimport\fR:

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shell> \fBmysql \-e \*(AqCREATE TABLE imptest(id INT, n VARCHAR(30))\*(Aq test\fR

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shell> \fBed\fR

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100 Max Sydow

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101 Count Dracula

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\&.

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w imptest\&.txt

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shell> \fBod \-c imptest\&.txt\fR

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0000000 1 0 0 \et M a x S y d o w \en 1 0

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0000040

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test\&.imptest: Records: 2 Deleted: 0 Skipped: 0 Warnings: 0

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+\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+

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| id | n |

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+\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+

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| 100 | Max Sydow |

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| 101 | Count Dracula |

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+\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+

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.SH "COPYRIGHT"

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.br

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.PP

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.PP

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This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

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.PP

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This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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.PP

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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

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.sp

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.SH "SEE ALSO"

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For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual,

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which may already be installed locally and which is also available

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online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

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.SH AUTHOR

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Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).

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