Import Column from CSV into existing MySQL Table

Question

I\'ve got a MySQL table Researcher :

ID | FirstName | Surname | Email | Position | Summary | ... + many more columns.
         


        

Answer 1

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction fancyPants.

I eventually solved it like this:

1. Created a new table in the DB called Researcher_Temp with columns from the CSV.
2. Used phpMyAdmin to import the CSV using LOAD DATA into Researcher_Temp
3. Ran the following query to add the summary data from Researcher_Temp into my main Researcher table:

UPDATE Researcher INNER JOIN Researcher_Temp on Researcher_Temp.Email = Researcher.Email SET Researcher.Summary = Researcher_Temp.Summary;

I then deleted the Temp table.