Trying to use R with MySQL: The used command is not allowed with this MySQL version

Question

I am trying import a data set into a table in MySQL. I am using MySQL 8.0.11 and version 1.1.453 of R Studio. I am using the RMySQL package.

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Answer 1

The following steps should fix the dbWritetable() error in R:

1. Login MySQL terminal by typing "MySQL -u user -p*" (followed by user password if you set one).

2. Type "SET GLOBAL local_infile = true;" in the MySQL terminal command.

3. Lastly, type "SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'local_infile';" into the terminal and check the command line output for the ON status.

I'm not sure why the database function fails from MySQL 5.6 to 8.0, however, "local_infile" enables user access to data loads from local sources--- this solution should work for all database interference stacks (R, Python, etc)!