I have a CSV file with many duplicate entries. How do I import the entries into MySQL without also importing the duplicates?
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I have a CSV file with many duplicate entries. How do I import the entries into MySQL without also importing the duplicates?
You could define one of the columns (one where you are sure that there will be duplicate data) as UNIQUE in MySQL, and then import everything and just let the DB spit out errors in the duplicate entries.