Create mysql table directly from CSV file using the CSV Storage engine?

Question

I just learned that MySQL has a native CSV storage engine which stores data in a Comma-Separated-Value file per table.

Is it possible to create a table directly from

Answer 1

I have made a Windows command line tool that do just that.

You can download it here: http://commandline.dk/csv2ddl.htm

Usage:

C:\Temp>csv2ddl.exe mysql test.csv test.sql

Or

C:\Temp>csv2ddl.exe mysql advanced doublequote comma test.csv test.sql