CREATE DATABASE `mydatabase` DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `mydatabase`.`mytable`; CREATE TABLE `mydatabase`.`mytable` ( `col#1` int(11) NOT NULL, `column #2` varchar(10) DEFAULT NULL, `status column #3` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `TableColumn4` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `column5` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL, `column6` varchar(10) DEFAULT NULL, `col/field/number7` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL, `col8` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL, `col9` varchar(20) DEFAULT NULL, `col10` varchar(20) DEFAULT NULL, `col 11` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `col12` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL, `col 13` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; set global sql_mode="ANSI_QUOTES,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION" LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'C:/mysql/data/mydatabase/mydatabase.csv' INTO TABLE `mydatabase`.`mytable` FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"' IGNORE 1 LINES (`col#1`,`column #2`,`status column #3`,`TableColumn4`,`col/field/number7`,`col10`,`col 11`,`col12`,`col 13`) ; 1,"stat col2",300,41234,"","","this is a var char 550","","","varchar,610",0,"boring8","boring9" 2,"stat,col2",333,41234,"","","this is a var char 551","","","varchar,611",0,"boring8","boring9" 3,"stat col2",300,41234,"","","this is a var char 552","","","varchar,612",0,"boring8","boring9" 4,"stat,col2",333,41234,"","","this is a var char 553","","","varchar,613",0,"boring8","boring9" 5,"stat col2",300,41234,"","","this is a var char 554","","","varchar,614",0,"boring8","boring9"