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How to fix: Error Code 1148 MySQL Workbench

Have you been running into trouble while trying to load data into a table in MySQL? If you have been coming across the following error. You have come to the right place.

ERROR 1148 (42000): The used command is not allowed with this MySQL version

The Error Code 1148 MySQL Workbench often pops up while loading data into a table with a .txt file via MySQL.

mysql> LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'path/file.txt' INTO TABLE table_name LINES TERMINATED BY '\r';

When loading data into a table using a .txt file using MySQL, the MySQL Command-Line Client that comes with the MySQL 8.0.18 package and executing this command:

Fortunately, our experts have a solution for this issue. It involves ensuring the MySQL server as well as the MySQL Command-Line client can read files locally. In other words, we have to enable the MySQL server as well as the MySQL Command-Line client to read files locally since it is disabled by default.

This can be done with the following command:

mysql> SET GLOBAL local_infile=1;

Here, ‘1’ indicates that we are setting it to ON.

We can check this by running the following command:

mysql>SHOW VARIABLES;

This will display that local_infile is now ON.

Next, we have to restart the MySQL Command-Line client session in the terminal.

$sudo bin/mysql -u user -p –local-infile=1

Now. When we run the following command, our query will be OK and will not encounter Error Code 1148.

mysql> LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'path/file.txt' INTO TABLE table_name LINES TERMINATED BY '\r';

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Conclusion

To sum up, our Support Engineers demonstrated how to resolve Error Code 1148. We also found out how this error occurs and how to put a stop to it.