MySQL database "literature", table "groups"
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field names
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fields available in table "groups"	description
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group_id	the unique ID number of this group entry
group_name	the display name of this group as it occurs within the groups popup in the user management interface
order_by	a string that specifies the primary sort order for this entry (secondary sort order is by group name)


column types
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group_id	MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY
group_name	VARCHAR(100)
order_by	VARCHAR(25)

INDEX	(group_name)



table creation code
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CREATE TABLE groups (group_id MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, group_name VARCHAR(100), order_by VARCHAR(25), INDEX (group_name));


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/groups.txt" INTO TABLE groups;

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

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