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Can any one explain how to import a Microsoft Excel file in to a MySQL database?

For example, my Excel table looks like this:

Country   |   Amount   |   Qty
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America   |   93       |   0.60

Greece    |   9377     |   0.80

Australia |   9375     |   0.80

Answers

1. Export it into some text format. The easiest will probably be a tab-delimited version, but CSV can work as well.

2. Use the load data capability. See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/load-data.html

3. Look half way down the page, as it will gives a good example for tab separated data:

   FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t' ENCLOSED BY '' ESCAPED BY '\'

4. Check your data. Sometimes quoting or escaping has problems, and you need to adjust your source, import command-- or it may just be easier to post-process via SQL.