How to import text file to table with primary key as auto-increment

Question

I have some bulk data in a text file that I need to import into a MySQL table. The table consists of two fields ..

1. ID (integer with auto-increment)
2. Na

Answer 1

Here is the simplest method to date:

1. Make sure your file does NOT have a header line with the column names. If it does, remove it.
2. In phpMyAdmin, as usual: go in the Import tab for your table and select your file. Select CSV as the format. Then -- and this is the important part -- in the

Format-Specific Options:

...in the Column names: fill in the name of the column the data is for, in your case "Name".

This will import the names and auto-increment the id column. You're done!

Tested fine with phpMyAdmin 4.2.7.1.