LOAD DATA LOCAL command

[seouri]

I have a rake task that load data in text files to tables, but got the following error:

Mysql2::Error: The used command is not allowed with this MySQL version: LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/path/to/articles.dat' INTO TABLE articles

Will this command be added in the future or never by design?

[brianmario]

Interesting, I'll take a look at why this is failing soon

[seouri]

Thanks!! The same rake task works with mysql gem as well as in the mysql client. So it's not a mysql configuration issue.

[brianmario]

Good to know, thanks

[brianmario]

It's disabled in mysql2 at the moment. There's a way for me to enable it, but you should definitely read this while I think it over: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/load-data-local.html

Closing for now, I may add this in the near future

[erolosty]

Please Do! Or could you direct me to where I can change it? I've just upgraded my app to rails 3 and this is the only thing thats not working (and we all know I'm not going back to mysqlplus after using mysql2)

[brianmario]

As of this commit a6b5e9c you should be able to specify a default set of connect flags for connections by updating:

Mysql2::Client.default_query_options[:connect_flags] |= Mysql2::Client::LOCAL_FILES

Let me know if that works for you ;)

[jpfuentes2]

Just wanted to let ya know it fixed my problem. Thanks.

[brianmario]

Awesome thanks for letting me know!

[erolosty]

Thanks Mario sorry for not replying, haven't actually have a chance to use it yet (not changed from hackey os() call). But it seems it will work :) Thanks for the quick response! much obliged

[trezero]

Sorry, I'm a bit new to rails. I'm having the same issue. I tried adding the line above:

Mysql2::Client.default_query_options[:connect_flags] |= Mysql2::Client::LOCAL_FILES

But then I get the error: Mysql2::Error: Malformed packet: LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE

Am I missing something simple here?

-- Jason

[allentsai]

I'm having the same issue as Jason, sad face.

[trusche]

If you get this error:

Mysql2::Error: Malformed packet: LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE

try uninstalling and then re-installing the mysql2 gem. I had the same issues, turns out I had installed mysql2 with one version of MySQL (compiled and installed from source) which was later upgraded to another version (installed with homebrew). Since the gem uses native extensions, it must be compiled with the MySQL version it is used for.

[sodabrew]

I just found this issue, after filing issue 233 #233, but whereas my code solution worked fine (adding code to ext/mysql2/mysql2.c to make a mysql_options call), the solution in this ticket results in the malformed packet error. I have verified that the MySQL headers and libs I compiled against are the same my code is using when it runs. Stumped at the moment.

[thbar]

In case someone comes here: used the Mysql2::Client::LOCAL_FILES trick and it resulted in packet errors.

I will attempt to use #242 for the most likely fix for this (which looks more similar with mysql 1).

[brianmario]

Curious why this worked for some and not for others. What version of mysql2 are you running? Did you try reinstalling it?