DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a , b ) ENGINE= ; LOAD DATA INFILE '/se_loaddata.dat' INTO TABLE t1 FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' (a,b); SELECT a,b FROM t1; a b 1 foo 2 bar 3 4 abc LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/se_loaddata.dat' INTO TABLE t1 CHARACTER SET utf8 COLUMNS TERMINATED BY ',' ESCAPED BY '/' (a,b); SELECT a,b FROM t1; a b 1 foo 1 foo 2 bar 2 bar 3 3 4 abc 4 abc LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/se_loaddata.dat' INTO TABLE t1 FIELDS TERMINATED BY ';' (a) SET b='loaded'; Warnings: Warning 1262 Row 1 was truncated; it contained more data than there were input columns Warning 1262 Row 2 was truncated; it contained more data than there were input columns Warning 1262 Row 3 was truncated; it contained more data than there were input columns SELECT a,b FROM t1; a b 0 loaded 1 foo 1 foo 102 loaded 2 bar 2 bar 3 3 4 abc 4 abc 5 loaded LOAD DATA INFILE '/se_loaddata.dat' INTO TABLE t1 FIELDS TERMINATED BY ';' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '''' LINES STARTING BY 'prefix:' IGNORE 2 LINES (a,b); Warnings: Warning 1262 Row 2 was truncated; it contained more data than there were input columns SELECT a,b FROM t1; a b 0 0 loaded 1 foo 1 foo 100 foo 102 loaded 2 bar 2 bar 3 3 4 abc 4 abc 5 loaded 7 test LOAD DATA INFILE '/se_loaddata.dat' INTO TABLE t1; SELECT a,b FROM t1; a b 0 0 loaded 1 foo 1 foo 1 foo 100 foo 102 loaded 2 bar 2 bar 2 bar 3 3 3 4 abc 4 abc 4 abc 5 loaded 7 test DROP TABLE t1;