Re: [lug-nuts] MySQL Load Data problem

From: Mike Machado (mike@innercite.com)
Date: Fri Dec 31 1999 - 13:26:48 PST


Webb Sprague wrote:
>
> Hi All.
> I am working on a tiny database thing in MySQL. I
> want to load a file into a table, wher the file is on
> my home directory. However, when I try to execute
> "load data infile '/home/webb/tmp/webbbooks' into
> table book;" it returns "Can't get stat of
> '/home/webb/tmp/webbbooks' (Errcode: 2)"
> Any thoughts? Maybe it's permission problems? Maybe
> the file needs to be in the same directory as the
> databases ("/var/lib/mysql" I think)?
> Thanks again
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I know for the load data outfile, it puts it in the data directory.
Perhaps it does need to be there. Based on that error though, it looks
like its a permissions/file problem. It never hurts to experiment :)

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Mike Machado
mike@innercite.com
InnerCite
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