load data infile somewhat flaky

DFS <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:11:14 -0400
Newsgroups comp.databases.mysql
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Message-ID <[email protected]>
Finally got a big file (3 columns x 612K rows) of messy data loaded.

load data infile 'file.csv'
into table
fields terminated by ','
enclosed by '"';

I noticed it tells you an error occurred at a certain line, but the 
offending data (a text field ending in \ or "\") 5 lines later was the 
real issue.

On one run 5 lines didn't post, and it turns out they were the next 5 
lines after a field ending in "\".  Those 5 lines got concatenated with 
the offending line, so I had one large clump of data in one row.

Moral: watch for fields ending in \ or "\".