MySQL database "literature", table "user_formats"
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field names
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fields available in table "user_formats"	description
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user_format_id	the unique ID number of this user format entry
format_id	the unique ID number of the referenced export format (which corresponds to the format_id number of the format's entry within the "export_formats" table)
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)
show_format	specifies whether the referenced export format will be displayed within the formats popup ('true') or not ('false')



column types
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user_format_id	MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY
format_id	MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL
user_id	MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL
show_format	ENUM("true","false") NOT NULL

INDEX	(format_id,user_id)



table creation code
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CREATE TABLE user_formats (user_format_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, format_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, user_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, show_format ENUM("true","false") NOT NULL, INDEX (format_id,user_id));


rules for data import
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- 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
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LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE "/PATH/TO/FILE/user_formats.txt" INTO TABLE user_formats;

or, alternatively, use something like the following from your shell:

mysqlimport --local -u root -p YOUR_DB_NAME "/PATH/TO/FILE/user_formats.txt"