CustomSeparatedWithNames

Input	Output	Alias
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Description

Also prints the header row with column names, similar to TabSeparatedWithNames.

Example usage

Inserting data

Using the following txt file, named as football.txt:

row('date';'season';'home_team';'away_team';'home_team_goals';'away_team_goals'),row('2022-04-30';2021;'Sutton United';'Bradford City';1;4),row('2022-04-30';2021;'Swindon Town';'Barrow';2;1),row('2022-04-30';2021;'Tranmere Rovers';'Oldham Athletic';2;0),row('2022-05-02';2021;'Salford City';'Mansfield Town';2;2),row('2022-05-02';2021;'Port Vale';'Newport County';1;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Barrow';'Northampton Town';1;3),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Bradford City';'Carlisle United';2;0),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Bristol Rovers';'Scunthorpe United';7;0),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Exeter City';'Port Vale';0;1),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Harrogate Town A.F.C.';'Sutton United';0;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Hartlepool United';'Colchester United';0;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Leyton Orient';'Tranmere Rovers';0;1),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Mansfield Town';'Forest Green Rovers';2;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Newport County';'Rochdale';0;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Oldham Athletic';'Crawley Town';3;3),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Stevenage Borough';'Salford City';4;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Walsall';'Swindon Town';0;3)

Configure the custom delimiter settings:

SET format_custom_row_before_delimiter = 'row(';
SET format_custom_row_after_delimiter = ')';
SET format_custom_field_delimiter = ';';
SET format_custom_row_between_delimiter = ',';
SET format_custom_escaping_rule = 'Quoted';

Insert the data:

INSERT INTO football FROM INFILE 'football.txt' FORMAT CustomSeparatedWithNames;

Reading data

Configure the custom delimiter settings:

SET format_custom_row_before_delimiter = 'row(';
SET format_custom_row_after_delimiter = ')';
SET format_custom_field_delimiter = ';';
SET format_custom_row_between_delimiter = ',';
SET format_custom_escaping_rule = 'Quoted';

Read data using the CustomSeparatedWithNames format:

SELECT *
FROM football
FORMAT CustomSeparatedWithNames

The output will be in the configured custom format:

row('date';'season';'home_team';'away_team';'home_team_goals';'away_team_goals'),row('2022-04-30';2021;'Sutton United';'Bradford City';1;4),row('2022-04-30';2021;'Swindon Town';'Barrow';2;1),row('2022-04-30';2021;'Tranmere Rovers';'Oldham Athletic';2;0),row('2022-05-02';2021;'Port Vale';'Newport County';1;2),row('2022-05-02';2021;'Salford City';'Mansfield Town';2;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Barrow';'Northampton Town';1;3),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Bradford City';'Carlisle United';2;0),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Bristol Rovers';'Scunthorpe United';7;0),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Exeter City';'Port Vale';0;1),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Harrogate Town A.F.C.';'Sutton United';0;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Hartlepool United';'Colchester United';0;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Leyton Orient';'Tranmere Rovers';0;1),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Mansfield Town';'Forest Green Rovers';2;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Newport County';'Rochdale';0;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Oldham Athletic';'Crawley Town';3;3),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Stevenage Borough';'Salford City';4;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Walsall';'Swindon Town';0;3)

Format settings

Note

If setting input_format_with_names_use_header is set to 1, the columns from the input data will be mapped to the columns from the table by their names, columns with unknown names will be skipped if setting input_format_skip_unknown_fields is set to 1. Otherwise, the first row will be skipped.