MySQL Load Data Infile with Stored Procedure

Did you ever need to run LOAD DATA INFILE in a procedure? May be to automate or dynamically perform the large data file load to the MySQL database.

In this blog post, we will walk you through how to use a stored procedure and Load Data Infile syntax to efficiently load data into MySQL. This will also provide step-by-step instructions on how to create a table, a sample file to load, a shell script, and a stored procedure. By following these instructions, you will be able to effortlessly load data into MySQL.

So here we will use Load Data syntax to load file into MySQL Server in a Stored procedure. Yep! It’s a workaround.

Download MySQL UDF

[root@localhost kedar]# wget http://www.mysqludf.org/lib_mysqludf_sys/lib_mysqludf_sys_0.0.3.tar.gz

[refer: http://www.mysqludf.org/]

Update: https://web.archive.org/web/20111016004142/http://www.mysqludf.org/lib_mysqludf_sys/lib_mysqludf_sys_0.0.3.tar.gz

Extract and Install MySQL UDF

[root@localhost kedar]# tar -xzvf lib_mysqludf_sys_0.0.3.tar.gz
install.sh
lib_mysqludf_sys.c
lib_mysqludf_sys.html
lib_mysqludf_sys.so
lib_mysqludf_sys.sql
Makefile

[root@localhost kedar]# sh install.sh
Compiling the MySQL UDF
gcc -Wall -I/usr/include/mysql -I. -shared lib_mysqludf_sys.c -o /usr/lib/lib_mysqludf_sys.so
MySQL UDF compiled successfully

Please provide your MySQL root password
Enter password:
MySQL UDF installed successfully

Create function sys_exec

CREATE FUNCTION sys_exec RETURNS INT SONAME 'lib_mysqludf_sys.so';

sys_exec – executes an arbitrary command, and returns it’s exit code.

You also can similarly create functions:
sys_eval – executes an arbitrary command, and returns it’s output.
sys_get – gets the value of an environment variable.
sys_set – create an environment variable, or update the value of an existing environment variable.

How to load text file to MySQL using Stored Procedure & Load Data Infile syntax:

Step-1. Creating table:

CREATE TABLE `t` ( `id` int(2) default NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM

Step-2. Create a sample file to load:

vi loadtest.txt
1
2
3

Step-3. Create a shell script:

vi /tmp/load.sh
mysql -u mysql_user -p mysql_password -e "load data local infile \"$1\" into table $2;"

Step-4. Create a Stored Procedure:

DELIMITER $$
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS `load_data_SP` $$
CREATE PROCEDURE `load_data_SP` (in_filepath varchar(100),in_db_table varchar(100))
BEGIN
declare exec_str varchar(500);
declare ret_val int;
set exec_str=concat("sh /tmp/load.sh ",in_filepath," ", in_db_table);
set ret_val=sys_exec(exec_str);
if ret_val=0 then
select "Success" as Result;
else
select "Please check file permissions and paths" as Result;
end if;
END $$
DELIMITER ;

Step 5. Execute:

CALL `load_data_SP`('/tmp/loadtest.txt' , 'test.t');

…and that’s it Stored Procedure will return Success or Failure accordingly.

Make sure you’re having file permissions well set and MySQL can access the files.
Here I’ve kept the files under /tmp directory with chmod 777 & chown mysql:mysql to remove the permission-issue possibility.

Hope this helps.