LOAD_FILE returns NULL

Question

I am trying to insert an image into my MySQL server. I have done some research and it looks like the best way to do that is through LOAD_FILE(). However,

Answer 1

I had the same issue.

Fond out that the file to be loaded, needs to be in the folder location where mysql/mariadb has privileges to read it. It can be configured, BUT the data folder is already has access right.

In my case I copied my file to data folder: C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.3\data And than I just called it with full path:

select load_file('C:\\Program Files\\MariaDB 10.3\\data\\test.txt');