drop table if exists t1; create table t1 (a date, b date, c date not null, d date); load data infile '../../std_data/loaddata1.dat' into table t1 fields terminated by ','; Warnings: Warning 1263 Data truncated for column 'a' at row 1 Warning 1263 Data truncated for column 'c' at row 1 Warning 1263 Data truncated for column 'd' at row 1 Warning 1263 Data truncated for column 'a' at row 2 Warning 1263 Data truncated for column 'b' at row 2 Warning 1263 Data truncated for column 'd' at row 2 load data infile '../../std_data/loaddata1.dat' into table t1 fields terminated by ',' IGNORE 2 LINES; SELECT * from t1; a b c d 0000-00-00 NULL 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2003-03-03 2003-03-03 2003-03-03 NULL 2003-03-03 2003-03-03 2003-03-03 NULL truncate table t1; load data infile '../../std_data/loaddata1.dat' into table t1 fields terminated by ',' LINES STARTING BY ',' (b,c,d); Warnings: Warning 1263 Data truncated for column 'c' at row 1 Warning 1263 Data truncated for column 'd' at row 1 Warning 1263 Data truncated for column 'b' at row 2 Warning 1263 Data truncated for column 'd' at row 2 SELECT * from t1; a b c d NULL NULL 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 NULL 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 NULL 2003-03-03 2003-03-03 NULL drop table t1;