When working with databases it is always necessary to import data
or schemas. In this article we describe the process of importing
data from a text file into a MySQL database, and also we discuss
questions concerning problems with MySQL import and the ways of
solving these problems. We will give a detailed description of
the Data Import tool of dbForge Studio for MySQL, describe the
capabilities of this tool and illustrate its usage. What problems
can be experienced when importing data from a text file?
To specify all problems one can experience when importing data
from a text file it’s necessary to remember the specificity of
storing text data:
- data in text files is always formatted, and formatting is
free;
- tabular data in text files can be presented together with its
header, i.e. with column names and certain formatting;
- the type of data in text files can not be distinguished,
that’s why there …
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