Question

I have a text file with one word per line. I haven’t been able to get it to import into mysql table with a field called name.

What options do I need to use for importing?

My text file is like:

random
name
one
two
three

Answer 1

You should use LOAD DATA INFILE

LOAD DATA INFILE 'data.txt' INTO TABLE my_table(name)

EDIT:

Seems like you cannot specify both columns list ((name) in this case) and FIELDS/LINES clauses at the same time – really weird.