MySQL export into outfile : CSV escaping chars

Question

I\'ve a database table of timesheets with some common feilds.

id, client_id, project_id, task_id, description, time, date 

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Answer 1

Here is what worked here: Simulates Excel 2003 (Save as CSV format)

SELECT 
REPLACE( IFNULL(notes, ''), '\r\n' , '\n' )   AS notes
FROM sometables
INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/test.csv' 
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' ESCAPED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n';

1. Excel saves \r\n for line separators.
2. Excel saves \n for newline characters within column data
3. Have to replace \r\n inside your data first otherwise Excel will think its a start of the next line.