Question

My error message is:

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘auto” at line 5

My query is:

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'D:\file.csv'
INTO TABLE `tableName`
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
ENCLOSED BY '"'
ESCAPED BY '\'
LINES TERMINATED BY 'auto'

I’m running the query via php function mysql_query();

Answer 1

The problem here is that the query sees an unclosed single quote after defining the escape sequence.

 ESCAPED BY '\' <-- unclosed quote!

By default, MySQL uses a backslash as the escape character. If you wish to be explicit, I believe you will need to use a double-backslash:

 ESCAPED BY '\\'

Then, remove the quotes around 'auto'.