Automate transfer of csv file to MySQL

Question

I have a csv file that I will be regularly updating through a batch script that calls cygwin+ bash script. I would like to automate the upload of the csv file into a

Answer 1

You can use Quartz to create a cronjob - for periodically updating your database. with the help of cronmaker (http://www.cronmaker.com/), you get to choose when and how often your database gets updated.

This is a sample SQL Script to import data into your MySQL database:

LOAD DATA INFILE 'c:/.../filename.csv' 
INTO TABLE discounts 
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' 
ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
IGNORE 1 ROWS;

run the above script in your cronjob using your preferred language.

Answer 2

You can use a here document:

# some bash script stuff
mysql ... <<EOF
SQL COMMANDS
GO HERE
EOF
# more bash script stuff

Answer 3

You can execute a MySQL script from the command line by doing something like:

mysql -uUsername -pPassword database_name < infile.sql

You could invoke that from the command line and in the infile.sql you could have code like:

LOAD DATA INFILE 'filename.csv' TO table_name 
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','