[mysql] ERROR 1148: The used command is not allowed with this MySQL version

I am trying to load data into mysql database using

LOAD DATA LOCAL
INFILE A.txt
INTO DB
LINES TERMINATED BY '|';

the topic of this question is the response I get. I understand the local data offloading is off by default and I have to enable it using a the command local-infile=1 but I do not know where to place this command.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/load-data-local.html

Put this in my.cnf - the [client] section should already be there (if you're not too concerned about security).

[client]
loose-local-infile=1

Refer to MySQL 8.0 Reference Manual -- 6.1.6 Security Issues with LOAD DATA LOCAL

On the server side, run

mysql.server start --local-infile

On the client side, run

mysql --local-infile database_name -u username -p

I find the answer here.

It's because the server variable local_infile is set to FALSE|0. Refer from the document.

You can verify by executing:

SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'local_infile';

If you have SUPER privilege you can enable it (without restarting server with a new configuration) by executing:

SET GLOBAL local_infile = 1;

I had the same issue while importing the CSV file in AWS MySQL 8.0 RDS.

mysql> LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/tmp/your.csv' INTO TABLE test.demo2 FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' IGNORE 1 LINES;

ERROR 1148 (42000): The used command is not allowed with this MySQL version

1) Check for local_infile parameter

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'local_infile';

2) Log out from client and re-login using below parameter.

mysql -u root -p -h rdsendpoint --local-infile=1

3) Run the same command

mysql> LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/tmp/your.csv' INTO TABLE test.demo2 FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' IGNORE 1 LINES;


Query OK, 300 rows affected (0.01 sec)

Records: 300  Deleted: 0  Skipped: 0  Warnings: 0

SpringBoot 2.1 with Default MySQL connector

To Solve this please follow the instructions

1. SET GLOBAL local_infile = 1;

to set this global variable please follow the instruction provided in MySQL documentation https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/load-data-local.html

2. Change the MySQL Connector String

allowLoadLocalInfile=true Example : jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xxxx?useSSL=false&useUnicode=yes&characterEncoding=UTF-8&allowLoadLocalInfile=true

If you are using Java8 or + version, JDBC and MySql8 and facing this issue then try this:

Add parameter to connection string:

jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/tempDB?allowLoadLocalInfile=true

Also, set

local_infile = 1

in my.cnf file.

The latest version of mysql-java-connector might be wont allow directly to connect to local file. So with this parameter, you can able to enable it. This works for me.

Also struggled with this issue, trying to upload .csv data into AWS RDS instance from my local machine using MySQL Workbench on Windows.

The addition I needed was adding OPT_LOCAL_INFILE=1 in: Connection > Advanced > Others. Note CAPS was required.

I found this answer by PeterMag in AWS Developer Forums.

For further info:

SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'local_infile'; already returned ON and the query was:

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'filepath/file.csv' 
    INTO TABLE `table_name`
    FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' 
    ENCLOSED BY '"'
    LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
    IGNORE 1 ROWS;

Copying from the answer source referenced above:

Apparently this is a bug in MYSQL Workbench V8.X. In addition to the configurations shown earlier in this thread, you also need to change the MYSQL Connection in Workbench as follows:

1. Go to the Welcome page of MYSQL which displays all your connections
2. Select Manage Server Connections (the little spanner icon)
3. Select your connection
4. Select Advanced tab
5. In the Others box, add OPT_LOCAL_INFILE=1

Now I can use the LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE query on MYSQL RDS. It seems that the File_priv permission is not required.*

The top answers are correct. Please check them direct in MySQL CLI first. If this fixes the problem there, you may want to have it working in Python3 just pass it to the MySQLdb.connectas parameter

self.connection = MySQLdb.connect(
                    host=host, user=settings_DB.db_config['USER'],
                    port=port, passwd=settings_DB.db_config['PASSWORD'], 
                    db=settings_DB.db_config['NAME'],
                    local_infile=True)

All of this didn't solve it for me on my brand new Ubuntu 15.04.

I removed the LOCAL and got this command:

LOAD DATA
INFILE A.txt
INTO DB
LINES TERMINATED BY '|';

but then I got:

MySQL said: File 'A.txt' not found (Errcode: 13 - Permission denied)

That led me to this answer from Nelson to another question on stackoverflow which solved the issue for me!

Just little addition.

Found another reincarnation in mysql.connector ver 8.0.16 It now requires allow_local_infile=True or you will see the above error. Worked in prior versions.

conn = mysql.connector.connect(host=host, user=user, passwd=passwd, database=database, allow_local_infile=True)

I got this error while loading data when using docker[1]. The solution worked after I followed these next steps. Initially, I created the database and table datavault and fdata. When I tried to import the data[2], I got the error[3]. Then I did:

• SET GLOBAL local_infile = 1;
• Confirm using SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'local_infile';
• Then I restarted my mysql session: mysql -P 3306 -u required --local-infile=1 -p, see [4] for user creation.
• I recreated my table as this solved my problem:
  • use datavault;
  • drop table fdata;
  • CREATE TABLE fdata (fID INT, NAME VARCHAR(64), LASTNAME VARCHAR(64), EMAIL VARCHAR(128), GENDER VARCHAR(12), IPADDRESS VARCHAR(40));
• Finally I imported the data using [2].

For completeness, I would add I was running the mysql version inside the container via docker exec -it testdb sh. The mysql version was mysql Ver 8.0.17 for Linux on x86_64 (MySQL Community Server - GPL). This was also tested with mysql.exe Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.14, for Win64 (x86_64) which was another version of mysql from WAMP64. The associated commands used are listed in [5].

[1] docker run --name testdb -v //c/Users/C/Downloads/data/csv-data/:/var/data -p 3306 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password -d mysql:latest

[2] load data local infile '/var/data/mockdata.csv' into table fdata fields terminated by ',' enclosed by '' lines terminated by '\n' IGNORE 1 ROWS;

[3] ERROR 1148 (42000): The used command is not allowed with this MySQL version

[4] The required client was created using:

• CREATE USER 'required'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
• GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'required'@'%';
• FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
• You might need this line ALTER USER 'required'@'%' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password'; if you run into this error: Authentication plugin ‘caching_sha2_password’ cannot be loaded

[5] Commands using mysql from WAMP64:

• mysql -urequired -ppassword -P 32775 -h 192.168.99.100 --local-infile=1 where the port is thee mapped port into the host as described by docker ps -a and the host ip was optained using docker-machine ip (This depends on OS and possibly Docker version).
• Create database datavault2 and table fdata as described above
• load data local infile 'c:/Users/C/Downloads/data/csv-data/mockdata.csv' into table fdata fields terminated by ',' enclosed by '' lines terminated by '\n';
• For my record, this other alternative to load the file worked after I have previously created datavault3 and fdata: mysql -urequired -ppassword -P 32775 -h 192.168.99.100 --local-infile datavault3 -e "LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'c:/Users/C/Downloads/data/csv-data/mockdata.csv' REPLACE INTO TABLE fdata FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' IGNORE 1 ROWS" and it successfully loaded the data easily checked after running select * from fdata limit 10;.