secure-file-priv in MySQL Explained!

In this sql tutorial we’ll walk you through a MySQL tutorial on a MySQL variable: secure-file-priv mysql. The secure-file-priv or secure_file_priv variable is used to put a restraint on the directories that can be used to load data into a MySQL database instance.
For many, this variable is a source of errors, the most frequent one being as follows:
ERROR 1290 (HY000): The MySQL server is running with the –secure-file-priv option so it cannot execute this statement.

Some think that the secure-file-priv disable or secure-file-priv null operation is possible – that can be accomplished by removing the source-file-priv variable from my.cnf or my.ini.
secure-file-priv multiple directories are not a thing, but you can set a different directory from where your data will be loaded in once LOAD DATA INFILE queries would be running.

The good news is that secure-file-priv mac, windows, and secure-file-priv mysql ubuntu versions can be modified in the same fashion, just keep in mind that when using Windows you should modify the my.ini file while if you find yourself using Linux you should modify the file my.cnf – it will be called a little differently over there.

The secure_file_priv variable is heavily associated with bulk importing of data inside of InnoDB-based database instances in any sql project. SQL basics or SQL for beginners, unfortunately, don’t cover this variable, but a sql full course might.

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