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MySQL Tutorial - Tables Using CSV Storage Engine

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How To Create a New Table Using the CSV Storage Engine?

CSV (Comma-Separated Values) storage engine stores table data in text files in comma-separated value format.

CSV is not the default storage engine. You need to specify "ENGINE = CSV" at the end of the "CREATE TABLE" statement to create new tables with the CSV storage engine. The tutorial exercise below shows you a good example:

>cd \mysql\bin
>mysql -u dev -piyf fyi

mysql> CREATE TABLE fyi_csv (
  id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
  title VARCHAR(80), 
  count INTEGER )
  ENGINE = CSV;
Query OK, 0 rows affected, 1 warning (0.07 sec)

mysql> SHOW CREATE TABLE fyi_csv;
  CREATE TABLE `fyi_csv` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `title` varchar(80) default NULL,
  `count` int(11) default NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 
1 row in set (0.02 sec)

Apparently, the CSV storage engine is not supported in "mysqld-max" version of the MySQL server. You need to recompile MySQL server from source with the "--with-csv-storage-engine" option.

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1. What Are Storage Engines?
2. How To Create a New Table Using MyISAM Storage Engine?
3. Where Table Data Is Stored by the MyISAM Storage Engine?
4. How To Backup Tables by Copying MyISAM Table Files?
5. How To Restore Tables by Copying MyISAM Table Files?
6. How To Check and Repair MyISAM Tables?
7. How To Create a New Table Using the InnoDB Storage Engine?
8. Where Table Data Is Stored by the InnoDB Storage Engine?
9. How To Create a New Table Using the BDB Storage Engine?
10. How To Start mysqld to Support the BDB Storage Engine?
11. Where Table Data Is Stored by the BDB Storage Engine?
12. How To Create a New Table Using the CSV Storage Engine?
13. How To Create a New Table Using the MEMORY Storage Engine?
14. What Happens to MEMORY Tables When MySQL Server Is Stopped?
15. How To See Which Storage Engines Are Supported in Your MySQL Server?