Question

I have a bunch of emails, each separated by a comma (,) (not csv). I want to upload them to a database table (with single field email) such that each email goes into separate record entry. what could be the most easiest way to do that? I have an idea of using grep to replace commas with my sql syntax.. but searching for any other workaround.. any idea?

Answer 1

Perhaps something like:

LOAD DATA INFILE '/where/the/file/is'
INTO TABLE table (email)
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
LINES STARTING BY '';

Syntax docs here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/load-data.html