Question

I have several 50+ MB sized csv files I need to import to my MySQL server. I tried importing one using PhpMyAdmin, and the Apache server crashed. I’ve tried a couple of windows tools, like MySQL workbench, but found no options for importing csv.

I’m at a loss. What can I do?

Answer 1

Your files are CSV, right? Have you tried importing them directly into the MySQL server? I don’t know how the other tools that you’ve tried do this, but MySQL has a command for importing from text files:

LOAD DATA INFILE 'data.txt' INTO TABLE tbl_name
  FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"'
  LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n'
  IGNORE 1 LINES;

Check this section of the reference manual.