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Asked: 2026-06-06T12:12:40+00:00

I’m trying to import a text file into a MySQL database, and I’m having

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I’m trying to import a text file into a MySQL database, and I’m having trouble getting the first field (card_no) to populate completely in all of my records. After I import the file (which does not produce any errors), the first record shows up correctly but the other records do not. Can anyone tell me how I can remedy this? — And in case it matters, I was using phpMyAdmin to load the file. — Thanks for your time.

Here’s the structure of the database:

Field       Type            Collation         Attributes    Null    
card_no     smallint(6)                       Yes           NULL
name        varchar(100)    latin1_swedish_ci No    
artist      varchar(30)     latin1_swedish_ci Yes           NULL
color       varchar(25)     latin1_swedish_ci Yes           NULL
rarity      varchar(1)      latin1_swedish_ci Yes           NULL
expansion   varchar(50)     latin1_swedish_ci Yes           NULL

Here’s the code:

    LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'C:\\xampp\\tmp\\php43.tmp'
    INTO TABLE `mtginfo` FIELDS TERMINATED BY ';'
    ENCLOSED BY '"' ESCAPED BY '\\' LINES TERMINATED BY ',';

Here’s the imported file:

    "1";"Ajani Goldmane";"Aleksi Briclot";"White";"M";"Magic 2010",
    "2";"Angel's Mercy";"Andrew Robinson";"White";"C";"Magic 2010",
    "3";"Armored Ascension";"Jesper Ejsing";"White";"U";"Magic 2010",
    "4";"Baneslayer Angel";"Greg Staples";"White";"M";"Magic 2010",
    "5";"Blinding Mage";"Eric Deschamps";"White";"C";"Magic 2010"

Here’s a sample of the output:

    card_no name            artist          color   rarity  expansion
    1       Ajani Goldmane  Aleksi Briclot  White   M       Magic 2010
    0       Angel's Mercy   Andrew Robinson White   C       Magic 2010
    0       Armored Ascensi Jesper Ejsing   White   U       Magic 2010
    0       Baneslayer Ange Greg Staples    White   M       Magic 2010
    0       Blinding Mage   Eric Deschamps  White   C       Magic 2010
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  1. Editorial Team

    I’m not sure what the protocol is for answering your own question, so in case anyone else has this issue I’ll post the solution I just discovered. — I have the CARD_NO field type as smallint, and I’m trying to load a non-integer type into it. Hence the import does not load the char type (char because of the quotes), and it moves to the next field. — Thanks again for the answer Devart. While your response didn’t correct my issue, it did get me to think about my problem so more.

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