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Asked: 2026-05-22T11:39:30+00:00

I’m trying to load a CSV into MySQL using the LOAD DATA INFILE technique.

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I’m trying to load a CSV into MySQL using the LOAD DATA INFILE technique. It’s working fine, but I have a problem where some columns use double quotes and some do not.

Example:

something,123,something,"Bauer, Jack",123,something

What happens is the commas inside the quotes break the import, so my data is all jacked up at the end. Not sure how to get the import to escape commas inside the double quotes.

mysql --user=<USER> --password=<PASS> -e "LOAD DATA INFILE '<FILENAME>' INTO TABLE <TABLENAME> FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n' (col1, col2, col3, ...)" <DATABASE>
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  1. Editorial Team

    You need to execute the statement LOAD DATA INFILE with the additional option

    FIELDS OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'

    Thus the whole statement becoming

        LOAD DATA INFILE '<FILENAME>' INTO TABLE <TABLENAME>
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n'
(col1, col2, col3, ...)

    For further readings, please consult the excellent MySQL Reference Manual e.g. for MySQL 5.1 GA.

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