database - Create mysql table directly from CSV file using the CSV Storage engine?

Question

I just learned that MySQL has a native CSV storage engine which stores data in a Comma-Separated-Value file per table.

Is it possible to create a table directly from a uploaded CSV file, something like:

CREATE TABLE USERS < PATH/USERS.CSV

where users.csv is uploaded by the user?

Answer 1

I just discovered csvkit, which is a set of Unix command-line tools for CSV files. I installed it on my Mac with pip install csvkit. The command was:

csvsql --dialect mysql --snifflimit 100000 bigdatafile.csv > maketable.sql

You can alternatively provide a DB connection string and it can load the table directly.