MySQL database "literature", table "queries" ============================================ field names ----------- fields available in table "queries" description ----------------------------------- ----------- query_id the unique ID number of this query entry user_id the user's unique ID number (which corresponds to the user_id number of the user's record entry within the "users" table) query_name the name that was assigned by the user to this query display_type the type of display requested by the user: either 'Display', 'Cite' or '' ('' will produce the default columnar output style) view_type the view type requested by the user: either 'Print', 'Web' or '' ('' will produce the default 'Web' output style) query the SQL query show_query specifies whether the SQL query will be displayed with the output ('1') or not ('0') show_links specifies whether links will be displayed with the output ('1') or not ('0') show_rows specifies how many rows will be displayed per results page (must be a positive integer) cite_style_selector the citation style chosen by the user cite_order specifies how the data will get sorted on citation (if this param is set to 'year', records will be listed in blocks sorted by year) last_execution the date & time this query was executed last column types ------------ query_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY user_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL query_name VARCHAR(255) display_type VARCHAR(25) view_type VARCHAR(25) query TEXT show_query TINYINT UNSIGNED show_links TINYINT UNSIGNED show_rows MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED cite_style_selector VARCHAR(50) cite_order VARCHAR(25) last_execution DATETIME INDEX (user_id,query_name) table creation code ------------------- CREATE TABLE queries (query_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, user_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, query_name VARCHAR(255), display_type VARCHAR(25), view_type VARCHAR(25), query TEXT, show_query TINYINT UNSIGNED, show_links TINYINT UNSIGNED, show_rows MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED, cite_style_selector VARCHAR(50), cite_order VARCHAR(25), last_execution DATETIME, INDEX (user_id,query_name)); rules for data import --------------------- - fields are separated by tabs, records are separated by returns (if not specified otherwise within the LOAD DATA statement) - order of fields must resemble the above field order! - DATE format must be YYYY-MM-DD - TIME format must be HH:MM:SS - carriage returns *within* fields (ASCII character 11) must be replaced with a "UNIX return" (ASCII character 10) -> Search for: (\x0B) Replace with: \\n - empty fields are indicated by \N -> Search for: (?<=\t|^)(?=\t|$) Replace with: \\N - character encoding: higher ASCII chars must be encoded as ISO-8859-1 - file encoding must be UNIX load data code -------------- LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE "/PATH/TO/FILE/queries.txt" INTO TABLE queries; or, alternatively, use something like the following from your shell: mysqlimport --local -u root -p YOUR_DB_NAME "/PATH/TO/FILE/queries.txt"