MySQL LOAD_FILE returns NULL

Question

I want to get SQL LOAD_FILE function to work and have read every single question/answer + documentation about this, but here is what\'s been happening.

When

Answer 1

I'd the same problem with Fedora Linux while trying add images to a blob field.

I solved coping the files to the directory /var/lib/mysql/images and giving the command:

chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql/images