I'm running MySQL 5.7 on a Windows 10 machine. I've read through all the SO threads on this topic and still haven't figured out how to get my data to load and get past this error:
Error Code: 1290. The MySQL server is running with the --secure-file-priv
option so it cannot execute this statement
I have 1) checked the settings to change them to be able to load from the directory in which I've saved my dataset, 2) opened up MySQL as administrator and checked the command line and have confirmed that the secure file does indeed point to my directory, 3) and confirmed in the init file that it's pointing to the correct directory containing my file. I tried changing the location of the dataset so it would be in a new folder and confirmed it had been moved there with the above methods, and it still did not work.
Any and all help would be welcome, thank you.
I can't reproduce the problem.
mysql> SELECT VERSION();
+-----------+
| VERSION() |
+-----------+
| 5.7.13 |
+-----------+
1 row in set (0,00 sec)
mysql> SELECT @@GLOBAL.secure_file_priv;
+---------------------------+
| @@GLOBAL.secure_file_priv |
+---------------------------+
| NULL |
+---------------------------+
1 row in set (0,00 sec)
-- USE ...
mysql> LOAD DATA INFILE '/var/lib/mysql-files/myfile.csv'
-> INTO TABLE `test_files`
-> COLUMNS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '\"'
-> LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';
ERROR 1290 (HY000): The MySQL server is running with the --secure-file-priv
option so it cannot execute this statement
Change file: /etc/mysql/my.cnf
[mysqld]
.
.
.
secure_file_priv=/var/lib/mysql-files/
.
.
.
Restart MySQL.
mysql> SELECT @@GLOBAL.secure_file_priv;
+---------------------------+
| @@GLOBAL.secure_file_priv |
+---------------------------+
| /var/lib/mysql-files/ |
+---------------------------+
1 row in set (0,00 sec)
mysql> LOAD DATA INFILE '/var/lib/mysql-files/myfile.csv'
-> INTO TABLE `test_files`
-> COLUMNS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '\"'
-> LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0,00 sec)
Records: 3 Deleted: 0 Skipped: 0 Warnings: 0
See 6.1.4 Server System Variables :: secure_file_priv
On MACOSX add .my.cnf to your home directory with content:
[mysqld_safe]
[mysqld]
secure_file_priv=""
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-versions/issues/1552
This works in MacOs Sierra 10.12.6:
use the command
mysql --help | more
and look for a line where it is written:
Default options are read from the following files in the given order:
/etc/my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf /usr/local/mysql/etc/my.cnf
~/.my.cnf
In my case I tried to create a my.cnf in the home directory but it did not work. The only solution I found is to create the file in the folder etc with
sudo vim /etc/my.cnf
and put inside it
[mysqld_safe]
[mysqld]
secure-file-priv = ""
Then you can check that everything works with
select @@GLOBAL.secure_file_priv;
inside mysql and check that the value is empty and different from NULL.
Finally save files in the directory /tmp and then move them in the directory you want. Alternatively (but possibly unsafe) use
chmod 1777 dir
where dir is the name of the directory in which you are writing the files.
Note that under Windows setting the 'secure_file_priv' to a different path or disabling it altogether by setting it to:
secure_file_priv=""
may not work if the MySQL service is running on a low-privilege account (default 5.7 installation). You can change that by selecting the "Local System account" in the Services under Properties -> Log On.