here is my table
CREATE TABLE cities (
country CHAR(2),
city_ascii VARCHAR(100),
city VARCHAR(255),
region CHAR(2),
population INT UNSIGNED,
latitude DECIMAL(10, 6),
longitude DECIMAL(10, 6),
INDEX idx_lat_long (latitude, longitude),
INDEX idx_country (country),
INDEX idx_region (region)
);
I'm trying to import a text file to my database following tutorial here.
LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'worldcitiespop.txt' INTO TABLE cities
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
IGNORE 1 LINES
(country, city_ascii, city, region, population, latitude, longitude);
but I'm getting the following error message.
ERROR 1148 (42000): The used command is not allowed with this MySQL version
Any ideas?
Thank you
Best Answer
From the MySQL Documentation on
Security Issues with LOAD DATA LOCAL
How ? The server option local_infile must be disabled. Check your my.cnf for load_infile. If you are using a web hosting service, they may or may not allow it. For example, you cannot do that with Amazon RDS for MySQL. You might be able to get away with using MySQL in Amazon EC2. Check with your administrators in that respect.