Converting an Excel file to MySQL

I have this query where I have to convert Excel files to MySQL databse files, and I have to write a script. Please help.

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The easiest way to convert an Excel table to MySQL is to dump the table to CSV format, then use LOAD DATA INFILE to load it into a MySQL table. The syntax for loading a CSV file is as follows: 

LOAD DATA INFILE 'data.csv' INTO TABLE tbl_name
          FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
          LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';
Full information on LOAD DATA INFILE can be found at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/load-data.html.

This was first published in March 2005

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