INSERT problem

I am trying to populate a table with the following insert query run
through phpmyadmin. When I attempt to run it phpmyadmin just freezes.
After a while "Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 300 seconds
exceeded in /web/myadmin/283/libraries/import.lib.php on line 19"
appears but no indication as why the command fails. Any advice most
welcome.

INSERT INTO `countries` ( `id` , `country` ) VALUES ('1',
'Abkhazia'), ('2', 'Afghanistan'), ('3', 'Akrotiri and Dhekelia'),
('4', 'Åland'), ('5', 'Albania'), ('6', 'Algeria'), ('7', 'American
Samoa'), ('8', 'Andorra'), ('9', 'Angola'), ('10', 'Anguilla'), ('11',
'Antigua and Barbuda '), ('12', 'Argentina'), ('13', 'Armenia'),
('14', 'Aruba'), ('15', 'Ascension Island'), ('16', 'Australia'),
('17', 'Austria'), ('18', 'Azerbaijan'), ('19', 'Bahamas, The'),
('20', 'Bahrain'), ('21', 'Bangladesh'), ('22', 'Barbados '), ('23',
'Belarus'), ('24', 'Belgium'), ('25', 'Belize '), ('26', 'Benin'),
('27', 'Bermuda'), ('28', 'Bhutan'), ('29', 'Bolivia'), ('30', 'Bosnia
and Herzegovina'), ('31', 'Botswana'), ('32', 'Brazil'), ('33',
'Brunei'), ('34', 'Bulgaria'), ('35', 'Burkina Faso '), ('36',
'Burundi'), ('37', 'Cambodia'), ('38', 'Cameroon'), ('39', 'Canada'),
('40', 'Cape Verde'), ('41', 'Cayman Islands'), ('42', 'Central
African Republic'), ('43', 'Chad'), ('44', 'Chile'), ('45', 'China'),
('46', 'Christmas Island'), ('47', 'Cocos Islands'), ('48',
'Colombia'), ('49', 'Comoros'), ('50', 'Congo, Democratic Republic
of'), ('51', 'Congo, Republic of'), ('52', 'Cook Islands'), ('53',
'Costa Rica'), ('54', 'Côte d'Ivoire'), ('55', 'Croatia'), ('56',
'Cuba'), ('57', 'Cyprus'), ('58', 'Czech Republic'), ('59',
'Denmark'), ('60', 'Djibouti'), ('61', 'Dominica'), ('62', 'Dominican
Republic '), ('63', 'Ecuador'), ('64', 'Egypt'), ('65', 'El
Salvador'), ('66', 'Equatorial Guinea'), ('67', 'Eritrea'), ('68',
'Estonia'), ('69', 'Ethiopia'), ('70', 'Falkland Islands'), ('71',
'Faroe Islands'), ('72', 'Fiji'), ('73', 'Finland'), ('74', 'France'),
('75', 'French Polynesia'), ('76', 'Gabon'), ('77', 'Gambia, The'),
('78', 'Georgia'), ('79', 'Germany'), ('80', 'Ghana'), ('81',
'Gibraltar'), ('82', 'Greece'), ('83', 'Greenland'), ('84', 'Grenada
'), ('85', 'Guam'), ('86', 'Guatemala'), ('87', 'Guernsey'), ('88',
'Guinea'), ('89', 'Guinea-Bissau'), ('90', 'Guyana'), ('91', 'Haiti'),
('92', 'Honduras'), ('93', 'Hong Kong'), ('94', 'Hungary'), ('95',
'Iceland'), ('96', 'India'), ('97', 'Indonesia'), ('98', 'Iran'),
('99', 'Iraq'), ('100', 'Ireland'), ('101', 'Isle of Man'), ('102',
'Israel'), ('103', 'Italy'), ('104', 'Jamaica '), ('105', 'Japan '),
('106', 'Jersey'), ('107', 'Jordan'), ('108', 'Kazakhstan'), ('109',
'Kenya'), ('110', 'Kiribati'), ('111', 'Kosovo'), ('112', 'Kuwait'),
('113', 'Kyrgyzstan'), ('114', 'Laos'), ('115', 'Latvia'), ('116',
'Lebanon'), ('117', 'Lesotho'), ('118', 'Liberia'), ('119', 'Libya'),
('120', 'Liechtenstein'), ('121', 'Lithuania'), ('122', 'Luxembourg'),
('123', 'Macao'), ('124', 'Madagascar'), ('125', 'Malawi'), ('126',
'Malaysia '), ('127', 'Maldives'), ('128', 'Mali'), ('129', 'Malta'),
('130', 'Marshall Islands'), ('131', 'Mauritania'), ('132',
'Mauritius'), ('133', 'Mayotte'), ('134', 'Mexico'), ('135',
'Micronesia'), ('136', 'Moldova'), ('137', 'Monaco'), ('138',
'Mongolia '), ('139', 'Montenegro'), ('140', 'Montserrat'), ('141',
'Morocco'), ('142', 'Mozambique'), ('143', 'Myanmar'), ('144',
'Nagorno-Karabakh'), ('145', 'Namibia'), ('146', 'Nauru'), ('147',
'Nepal'), ('148', 'Netherlands'), ('149', 'Netherlands Antilles'),
('150', 'New Caledonia'), ('151', 'New Zealand '), ('152',
'Nicaragua'), ('153', 'Niger'), ('154', 'Nigeria'), ('155', 'Niue'),
('156', 'Norfolk Island'), ('157', 'North Korea'), ('158', 'Northern
Cyprus'), ('159', 'Northern Mariana Islands'), ('160', 'Norway'),
('161', 'Oman'), ('162', 'Pakistan'), ('163', 'Palau'), ('164',
'Palestine'), ('165', 'Panama'), ('166', 'Papua New Guinea'), ('167',
'Paraguay'), ('168', 'Peru'), ('169', 'Philippines'), ('170',
'Pitcairn Islands'), ('171', 'Poland'), ('172', 'Portugal'), ('173',
'Pridnestrovie'), ('174', 'Puerto Rico'), ('175', 'Qatar'), ('176',
'Republic of Macedonia'), ('177', 'Romania '), ('178', 'Russia'),
('179', 'Rwanda'), ('180', 'Saint Helena'), ('181', 'Saint Kitts and
Nevis'), ('182', 'Saint Lucia '), ('183', 'Saint Pierre and
Miquelon'), ('184', 'Saint Vincent & the Grenadines'), ('185',
'Samoa'), ('186', 'San Marino'), ('187', 'São Tomé and Príncipe'),
('188', 'Saudi Arabia'), ('189', 'Senegal'), ('190', 'Serbia'),
('191', 'Seychelles'), ('192', 'Sierra Leone'), ('193', 'Singapore'),
('194', 'Slovakia'), ('195', 'Slovenia'), ('196', 'Solomon Islands '),
('197', 'Somalia'), ('198', 'Somaliland'), ('199', 'South Africa'),
('200', 'South Korea'), ('201', 'South Ossetia'), ('202', 'Spain'),
('203', 'Sri Lanka'), ('204', 'Sudan'), ('205', 'Suriname'), ('206',
'Svalbard'), ('207', 'Swaziland'), ('208', 'Sweden'), ('209',
'Switzerland'), ('210', 'Syria'), ('211', 'Taiwan'), ('212',
'Tajikistan'), ('213', 'Tanzania'), ('214', 'Thailand'), ('215',
'Timor-Leste'), ('216', 'Togo'), ('217', 'Tokelau'), ('218', 'Tonga'),
('219', 'Trinidad and Tobago'), ('220', 'Tristan da Cunha'), ('221',
'Tunisia'), ('222', 'Turkey'), ('223', 'Turkmenistan '), ('224',
'Turks and Caicos Islands'), ('225', 'Tuvalu '), ('226', 'Uganda'),
('227', 'Ukraine '), ('228', 'United Arab Emirates '), ('229', 'United
Kingdom'), ('230', 'United States'), ('231', 'Uruguay'), ('232',
'Uzbekistan'), ('233', 'Vanuatu'), ('234', 'Vatican City'), ('235',
'Venezuela'), ('236', 'Vietnam'), ('237', 'Virgin Islands, British'),
('238', 'Virgin Islands, United States'), ('239', 'Wallis and
Futuna'), ('240', 'Western Sahara'), ('241', 'Yemen'), ('242',
'Zambia'), ('243', 'Zimbabwe');

>I am trying to populate a table with the following insert query run=20
>through phpmyadmin. When I attempt to run it phpmyadmin just freezes.=20
>After a while "Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 300 seconds=20
>exceeded in /web/myadmin/283/libraries/import.lib.php on line 19"=20
>appears but no indication as why the command fails. Any advice most=20

PHP has limits on the execution (real) time of a web page. You
went over it. PHP doesn't know *WHY* it went over the limit, it
just knows that it did. You can raise the limit in php.ini (then
restart the web server), but that may be just masking the symptoms
rather than solving the problem.

This query doesn't look that big or complicated, although it might
have gotten mangled by all the equal-sign two zero crap at the end
of lines. Possibly something else has the table locked? The server
is very busy doing something else?

>welcome.
>
>INSERT INTO `countries` ( `id` , `country` ) VALUES ('1',=20
>'Abkhazia'), ('2', 'Afghanistan'), ('3', 'Akrotiri and Dhekelia'),=20
>('4', '=C5land'), ('5', 'Albania'), ('6', 'Algeria'), ('7', 'American=20
>Samoa'), ('8', 'Andorra'), ('9', 'Angola'), ('10', 'Anguilla'), ('11',=20
>'Antigua and Barbuda '), ('12', 'Argentina'), ('13', 'Armenia'),=20
>('14', 'Aruba'), ('15', 'Ascension Island'), ('16', 'Australia'),=20
>('17', 'Austria'), ('18', 'Azerbaijan'), ('19', 'Bahamas, The'),=20
>('20', 'Bahrain'), ('21', 'Bangladesh'), ('22', 'Barbados '), ('23',=20
>'Belarus'), ('24', 'Belgium'), ('25', 'Belize '), ('26', 'Benin'),=20
>('27', 'Bermuda'), ('28', 'Bhutan'), ('29', 'Bolivia'), ('30', 'Bosnia=20
>and Herzegovina'), ('31', 'Botswana'), ('32', 'Brazil'), ('33',=20
>'Brunei'), ('34', 'Bulgaria'), ('35', 'Burkina Faso '), ('36',=20
>'Burundi'), ('37', 'Cambodia'), ('38', 'Cameroon'), ('39', 'Canada'),=20
>('40', 'Cape Verde'), ('41', 'Cayman Islands'), ('42', 'Central=20
>African Republic'), ('43', 'Chad'), ('44', 'Chile'), ('45', 'China'),=20
>('46', 'Christmas Island'), ('47', 'Cocos Islands'), ('48',=20
>'Colombia'), ('49', 'Comoros'), ('50', 'Congo, Democratic Republic=20
>of'), ('51', 'Congo, Republic of'), ('52', 'Cook Islands'), ('53',=20
>'Costa Rica'), ('54', 'C=F4te d'Ivoire'), ('55', 'Croatia'), ('56',=20
>'Cuba'), ('57', 'Cyprus'), ('58', 'Czech Republic'), ('59',=20
>'Denmark'), ('60', 'Djibouti'), ('61', 'Dominica'), ('62', 'Dominican=20
>Republic '), ('63', 'Ecuador'), ('64', 'Egypt'), ('65', 'El=20
>Salvador'), ('66', 'Equatorial Guinea'), ('67', 'Eritrea'), ('68',=20
>'Estonia'), ('69', 'Ethiopia'), ('70', 'Falkland Islands'), ('71',=20
>'Faroe Islands'), ('72', 'Fiji'), ('73', 'Finland'), ('74', 'France'),=20
>('75', 'French Polynesia'), ('76', 'Gabon'), ('77', 'Gambia, The'),=20
>('78', 'Georgia'), ('79', 'Germany'), ('80', 'Ghana'), ('81',=20
>'Gibraltar'), ('82', 'Greece'), ('83', 'Greenland'), ('84', 'Grenada=20
>'), ('85', 'Guam'), ('86', 'Guatemala'), ('87', 'Guernsey'), ('88',=20
>'Guinea'), ('89', 'Guinea-Bissau'), ('90', 'Guyana'), ('91', 'Haiti'),=20
>('92', 'Honduras'), ('93', 'Hong Kong'), ('94', 'Hungary'), ('95',=20
>'Iceland'), ('96', 'India'), ('97', 'Indonesia'), ('98', 'Iran'),=20
>('99', 'Iraq'), ('100', 'Ireland'), ('101', 'Isle of Man'), ('102',=20
>'Israel'), ('103', 'Italy'), ('104', 'Jamaica '), ('105', 'Japan '),=20
>('106', 'Jersey'), ('107', 'Jordan'), ('108', 'Kazakhstan'), ('109',=20
>'Kenya'), ('110', 'Kiribati'), ('111', 'Kosovo'), ('112', 'Kuwait'),=20
>('113', 'Kyrgyzstan'), ('114', 'Laos'), ('115', 'Latvia'), ('116',=20
>'Lebanon'), ('117', 'Lesotho'), ('118', 'Liberia'), ('119', 'Libya'),=20
>('120', 'Liechtenstein'), ('121', 'Lithuania'), ('122', 'Luxembourg'),=20
>('123', 'Macao'), ('124', 'Madagascar'), ('125', 'Malawi'), ('126',=20
>'Malaysia '), ('127', 'Maldives'), ('128', 'Mali'), ('129', 'Malta'),=20
>('130', 'Marshall Islands'), ('131', 'Mauritania'), ('132',=20
>'Mauritius'), ('133', 'Mayotte'), ('134', 'Mexico'), ('135',=20
>'Micronesia'), ('136', 'Moldova'), ('137', 'Monaco'), ('138',=20
>'Mongolia '), ('139', 'Montenegro'), ('140', 'Montserrat'), ('141',=20
>'Morocco'), ('142', 'Mozambique'), ('143', 'Myanmar'), ('144',=20
>'Nagorno-Karabakh'), ('145', 'Namibia'), ('146', 'Nauru'), ('147',=20
>'Nepal'), ('148', 'Netherlands'), ('149', 'Netherlands Antilles'),=20
>('150', 'New Caledonia'), ('151', 'New Zealand '), ('152',=20
>'Nicaragua'), ('153', 'Niger'), ('154', 'Nigeria'), ('155', 'Niue'),=20
>('156', 'Norfolk Island'), ('157', 'North Korea'), ('158', 'Northern=20
>Cyprus'), ('159', 'Northern Mariana Islands'), ('160', 'Norway'),=20
>('161', 'Oman'), ('162', 'Pakistan'), ('163', 'Palau'), ('164',=20
>'Palestine'), ('165', 'Panama'), ('166', 'Papua New Guinea'), ('167',=20
>'Paraguay'), ('168', 'Peru'), ('169', 'Philippines'), ('170',=20
>'Pitcairn Islands'), ('171', 'Poland'), ('172', 'Portugal'), ('173',=20
>'Pridnestrovie'), ('174', 'Puerto Rico'), ('175', 'Qatar'), ('176',=20
>'Republic of Macedonia'), ('177', 'Romania '), ('178', 'Russia'),=20
>('179', 'Rwanda'), ('180', 'Saint Helena'), ('181', 'Saint Kitts and=20
>Nevis'), ('182', 'Saint Lucia '), ('183', 'Saint Pierre and=20
>Miquelon'), ('184', 'Saint Vincent & the Grenadines'), ('185',=20
>'Samoa'), ('186', 'San Marino'), ('187', 'S=E3o Tom=E9 and Pr=EDncipe'),=20
>('188', 'Saudi Arabia'), ('189', 'Senegal'), ('190', 'Serbia'),=20
>('191', 'Seychelles'), ('192', 'Sierra Leone'), ('193', 'Singapore'),=20
>('194', 'Slovakia'), ('195', 'Slovenia'), ('196', 'Solomon Islands '),=20
>('197', 'Somalia'), ('198', 'Somaliland'), ('199', 'South Africa'),=20
>('200', 'South Korea'), ('201', 'South Ossetia'), ('202', 'Spain'),=20
>('203', 'Sri Lanka'), ('204', 'Sudan'), ('205', 'Suriname'), ('206',=20
>'Svalbard'), ('207', 'Swaziland'), ('208', 'Sweden'), ('209',=20
>'Switzerland'), ('210', 'Syria'), ('211', 'Taiwan'), ('212',=20
>'Tajikistan'), ('213', 'Tanzania'), ('214', 'Thailand'), ('215',=20
>'Timor-Leste'), ('216', 'Togo'), ('217', 'Tokelau'), ('218', 'Tonga'),=20
>('219', 'Trinidad and Tobago'), ('220', 'Tristan da Cunha'), ('221',=20
>'Tunisia'), ('222', 'Turkey'), ('223', 'Turkmenistan '), ('224',=20
>'Turks and Caicos Islands'), ('225', 'Tuvalu '), ('226', 'Uganda'),=20
>('227', 'Ukraine '), ('228', 'United Arab Emirates '), ('229', 'United=20
>Kingdom'), ('230', 'United States'), ('231', 'Uruguay'), ('232',=20
>'Uzbekistan'), ('233', 'Vanuatu'), ('234', 'Vatican City'), ('235',=20
>'Venezuela'), ('236', 'Vietnam'), ('237', 'Virgin Islands, British'),=20
>('238', 'Virgin Islands, United States'), ('239', 'Wallis and=20
>Futuna'), ('240', 'Western Sahara'), ('241', 'Yemen'), ('242',=20
>'Zambia'), ('243', 'Zimbabwe');
>

abracad_1999@yahoo.com wrote:
> I am trying to populate a table with the following insert query run
> through phpmyadmin. When I attempt to run it phpmyadmin just freezes.
> After a while "Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 300 seconds
> exceeded in /web/myadmin/283/libraries/import.lib.php on line 19"
> appears but no indication as why the command fails. Any advice most
> welcome.
>
> INSERT INTO `countries` ( `id` , `country` )

There are a couple of problems. First, don't use quotes for your table
& field names. Do this instead:

INSERT INTO countries (id, country)

A couple of other things:

Country ID's 4, 54 & 187 contain high ASCII values, if they don't import
properly edit those specific rows & paste in again. If it still doesn't
work check your collation.

Also, country ID 54 has a single quote within the name, so you may wish
to use double-quotes to enclose your values.

It was a combination of enclosing the table & field defs in quotes, and
having a single quote in country 54 along with using single quotes as
your delimiter, that caused the import to fail.

abracad_1999@yahoo.com wrote:
> I am trying to populate a table with the following insert query run
> through phpmyadmin. When I attempt to run it phpmyadmin just freezes.
> After a while "Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 300 seconds
> exceeded in /web/myadmin/283/libraries/import.lib.php on line 19"
> appears but no indication as why the command fails. Any advice most
> welcome.
>
> INSERT INTO `countries` ( `id` , `country` ) VALUES ('1',
> 'Abkhazia'), ('2', 'Afghanistan'), ('3', 'Akrotiri and Dhekelia'),
> ('4', 'Åland'), ('5', 'Albania'), ('6', 'Algeria'), ('7', 'American
> Samoa'), ('8', 'Andorra'), ('9', 'Angola'), ('10', 'Anguilla'), ('11',
> 'Antigua and Barbuda '), ('12', 'Argentina'), ('13', 'Armenia'),
> ('14', 'Aruba'), ('15', 'Ascension Island'), ('16', 'Australia'),
> ('17', 'Austria'), ('18', 'Azerbaijan'), ('19', 'Bahamas, The'),
> ('20', 'Bahrain'), ('21', 'Bangladesh'), ('22', 'Barbados '), ('23',
> 'Belarus'), ('24', 'Belgium'), ('25', 'Belize '), ('26', 'Benin'),
> ('27', 'Bermuda'), ('28', 'Bhutan'), ('29', 'Bolivia'), ('30', 'Bosnia
> and Herzegovina'), ('31', 'Botswana'), ('32', 'Brazil'), ('33',
> 'Brunei'), ('34', 'Bulgaria'), ('35', 'Burkina Faso '), ('36',
> 'Burundi'), ('37', 'Cambodia'), ('38', 'Cameroon'), ('39', 'Canada'),
> ('40', 'Cape Verde'), ('41', 'Cayman Islands'), ('42', 'Central
> African Republic'), ('43', 'Chad'), ('44', 'Chile'), ('45', 'China'),
> ('46', 'Christmas Island'), ('47', 'Cocos Islands'), ('48',
> 'Colombia'), ('49', 'Comoros'), ('50', 'Congo, Democratic Republic
> of'), ('51', 'Congo, Republic of'), ('52', 'Cook Islands'), ('53',
> 'Costa Rica'), ('54', 'Côte d'Ivoire'), ('55', 'Croatia'), ('56',
> 'Cuba'), ('57', 'Cyprus'), ('58', 'Czech Republic'), ('59',
> 'Denmark'), ('60', 'Djibouti'), ('61', 'Dominica'), ('62', 'Dominican
> Republic '), ('63', 'Ecuador'), ('64', 'Egypt'), ('65', 'El
> Salvador'), ('66', 'Equatorial Guinea'), ('67', 'Eritrea'), ('68',
> 'Estonia'), ('69', 'Ethiopia'), ('70', 'Falkland Islands'), ('71',
> 'Faroe Islands'), ('72', 'Fiji'), ('73', 'Finland'), ('74', 'France'),
> ('75', 'French Polynesia'), ('76', 'Gabon'), ('77', 'Gambia, The'),
> ('78', 'Georgia'), ('79', 'Germany'), ('80', 'Ghana'), ('81',
> 'Gibraltar'), ('82', 'Greece'), ('83', 'Greenland'), ('84', 'Grenada
> '), ('85', 'Guam'), ('86', 'Guatemala'), ('87', 'Guernsey'), ('88',
> 'Guinea'), ('89', 'Guinea-Bissau'), ('90', 'Guyana'), ('91', 'Haiti'),
> ('92', 'Honduras'), ('93', 'Hong Kong'), ('94', 'Hungary'), ('95',
> 'Iceland'), ('96', 'India'), ('97', 'Indonesia'), ('98', 'Iran'),
> ('99', 'Iraq'), ('100', 'Ireland'), ('101', 'Isle of Man'), ('102',
> 'Israel'), ('103', 'Italy'), ('104', 'Jamaica '), ('105', 'Japan '),
> ('106', 'Jersey'), ('107', 'Jordan'), ('108', 'Kazakhstan'), ('109',
> 'Kenya'), ('110', 'Kiribati'), ('111', 'Kosovo'), ('112', 'Kuwait'),
> ('113', 'Kyrgyzstan'), ('114', 'Laos'), ('115', 'Latvia'), ('116',
> 'Lebanon'), ('117', 'Lesotho'), ('118', 'Liberia'), ('119', 'Libya'),
> ('120', 'Liechtenstein'), ('121', 'Lithuania'), ('122', 'Luxembourg'),
> ('123', 'Macao'), ('124', 'Madagascar'), ('125', 'Malawi'), ('126',
> 'Malaysia '), ('127', 'Maldives'), ('128', 'Mali'), ('129', 'Malta'),
> ('130', 'Marshall Islands'), ('131', 'Mauritania'), ('132',
> 'Mauritius'), ('133', 'Mayotte'), ('134', 'Mexico'), ('135',
> 'Micronesia'), ('136', 'Moldova'), ('137', 'Monaco'), ('138',
> 'Mongolia '), ('139', 'Montenegro'), ('140', 'Montserrat'), ('141',
> 'Morocco'), ('142', 'Mozambique'), ('143', 'Myanmar'), ('144',
> 'Nagorno-Karabakh'), ('145', 'Namibia'), ('146', 'Nauru'), ('147',
> 'Nepal'), ('148', 'Netherlands'), ('149', 'Netherlands Antilles'),
> ('150', 'New Caledonia'), ('151', 'New Zealand '), ('152',
> 'Nicaragua'), ('153', 'Niger'), ('154', 'Nigeria'), ('155', 'Niue'),
> ('156', 'Norfolk Island'), ('157', 'North Korea'), ('158', 'Northern
> Cyprus'), ('159', 'Northern Mariana Islands'), ('160', 'Norway'),
> ('161', 'Oman'), ('162', 'Pakistan'), ('163', 'Palau'), ('164',
> 'Palestine'), ('165', 'Panama'), ('166', 'Papua New Guinea'), ('167',
> 'Paraguay'), ('168', 'Peru'), ('169', 'Philippines'), ('170',
> 'Pitcairn Islands'), ('171', 'Poland'), ('172', 'Portugal'), ('173',
> 'Pridnestrovie'), ('174', 'Puerto Rico'), ('175', 'Qatar'), ('176',
> 'Republic of Macedonia'), ('177', 'Romania '), ('178', 'Russia'),
> ('179', 'Rwanda'), ('180', 'Saint Helena'), ('181', 'Saint Kitts and
> Nevis'), ('182', 'Saint Lucia '), ('183', 'Saint Pierre and
> Miquelon'), ('184', 'Saint Vincent & the Grenadines'), ('185',
> 'Samoa'), ('186', 'San Marino'), ('187', 'São Tomé and Príncipe'),
> ('188', 'Saudi Arabia'), ('189', 'Senegal'), ('190', 'Serbia'),
> ('191', 'Seychelles'), ('192', 'Sierra Leone'), ('193', 'Singapore'),
> ('194', 'Slovakia'), ('195', 'Slovenia'), ('196', 'Solomon Islands '),
> ('197', 'Somalia'), ('198', 'Somaliland'), ('199', 'South Africa'),
> ('200', 'South Korea'), ('201', 'South Ossetia'), ('202', 'Spain'),
> ('203', 'Sri Lanka'), ('204', 'Sudan'), ('205', 'Suriname'), ('206',
> 'Svalbard'), ('207', 'Swaziland'), ('208', 'Sweden'), ('209',
> 'Switzerland'), ('210', 'Syria'), ('211', 'Taiwan'), ('212',
> 'Tajikistan'), ('213', 'Tanzania'), ('214', 'Thailand'), ('215',
> 'Timor-Leste'), ('216', 'Togo'), ('217', 'Tokelau'), ('218', 'Tonga'),
> ('219', 'Trinidad and Tobago'), ('220', 'Tristan da Cunha'), ('221',
> 'Tunisia'), ('222', 'Turkey'), ('223', 'Turkmenistan '), ('224',
> 'Turks and Caicos Islands'), ('225', 'Tuvalu '), ('226', 'Uganda'),
> ('227', 'Ukraine '), ('228', 'United Arab Emirates '), ('229', 'United
> Kingdom'), ('230', 'United States'), ('231', 'Uruguay'), ('232',
> 'Uzbekistan'), ('233', 'Vanuatu'), ('234', 'Vatican City'), ('235',
> 'Venezuela'), ('236', 'Vietnam'), ('237', 'Virgin Islands, British'),
> ('238', 'Virgin Islands, United States'), ('239', 'Wallis and
> Futuna'), ('240', 'Western Sahara'), ('241', 'Yemen'), ('242',
> 'Zambia'), ('243', 'Zimbabwe');
>

Despite other comments, the backticks around your table and column names
are fine. They are valid for MySQL.

If `id` is a numeric value, you should not have quotes around the
numeric values, i.e. you should have (1, 'Abkhazia').

Also as noted, the entry with value 54 has a single quote in it.
Enclosing the values within double quotes is not correct, however - that
is invalid SQL (strings must be enclosed by single quotes).

The way to correct this is to have two single quotes in the string, i.e.
'Côte d''Ivoire'

The non-ASCII characters (i.e. 'Åland') may or may not be a problem - it
depends on the table definition.

I'm not sure why this would give a timeout error, though. It shouldn't
take long for it to be inserted. I'd recommend you break it up into
smaller chunks and see what happens. You should be able to determine if
there are other errors in your SQL that we've missed.

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Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Despite other comments, the backticks around your table and column names
> are fine. They are valid for MySQL.
>
> If `id` is a numeric value, you should not have quotes around the
> numeric values, i.e. you should have (1, 'Abkhazia').
>
> Also as noted, the entry with value 54 has a single quote in it.
> Enclosing the values within double quotes is not correct, however - that
> is invalid SQL (strings must be enclosed by single quotes).
>
> The way to correct this is to have two single quotes in the string, i.e.
> 'Côte d''Ivoire'
>
> The non-ASCII characters (i.e. 'Åland') may or may not be a problem - it
> depends on the table definition.
>
> I'm not sure why this would give a timeout error, though. It shouldn't
> take long for it to be inserted. I'd recommend you break it up into
> smaller chunks and see what happens. You should be able to determine if
> there are other errors in your SQL that we've missed.
>

This does not seem to be accurate. At least as far back as MySQL
version 3.23, double-quotes are most certainly acceptable for enclosing
strings. Section 9.1.1 of the manual details this:

A string is a sequence of bytes or characters, enclosed within either
single quote (‘'’) or double quote (‘"’) characters.

Did fail to mention previously that the quotes as shown in the original
post were ASCII 60's (96 in decimal), not 27's (decimal 39). That also
caused my attempt at importing to fail.

So far as surrounding table names in the insert statement with quotes, I
couldn't find it in the manual, and it bombed when I tried it. Am
curious where you got this info.

And yes, the collation will definitely be an issue. Defining the
'country' column as utf8_general_ci, the records 4, 54 & 187 did not
import the country name. Set to ASCII, the high ascii chars imported as
question marks (Hex code 3F, ASCII 63), but the remainder of the string
came in OK.

Carl Pearson wrote:

> This does not seem to be accurate. At least as far back as MySQL
> version 3.23, double-quotes are most certainly acceptable for enclosing
> strings. Section 9.1.1 of the manual details this:

Yeah, it is. I recently lost an argument I was very confident
about - that double-quotes is actually the ANSI standard. I got
so used to using double-quotes, I forgot they were the wrong way
to do strings.

Carl Pearson wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> Despite other comments, the backticks around your table and column
>> names are fine. They are valid for MySQL.
>>
>> If `id` is a numeric value, you should not have quotes around the
>> numeric values, i.e. you should have (1, 'Abkhazia').
>>
>> Also as noted, the entry with value 54 has a single quote in it.
>> Enclosing the values within double quotes is not correct, however -
>> that is invalid SQL (strings must be enclosed by single quotes).
>>
>> The way to correct this is to have two single quotes in the string,
>> i.e. 'Côte d''Ivoire'
>>
>> The non-ASCII characters (i.e. 'Åland') may or may not be a problem -
>> it depends on the table definition.
>>
>> I'm not sure why this would give a timeout error, though. It
>> shouldn't take long for it to be inserted. I'd recommend you break it
>> up into smaller chunks and see what happens. You should be able to
>> determine if there are other errors in your SQL that we've missed.
>>
>
> This does not seem to be accurate. At least as far back as MySQL
> version 3.23, double-quotes are most certainly acceptable for enclosing
> strings. Section 9.1.1 of the manual details this:
>

The SQL standard is to enclose all strings with single quotes.

> A string is a sequence of bytes or characters, enclosed within
> either single quote (‘'’) or double quote (‘"’) characters.
>
> Did fail to mention previously that the quotes as shown in the original
> post were ASCII 60's (96 in decimal), not 27's (decimal 39). That also
> caused my attempt at importing to fail.
>

The quotes around the table and column names were ASCII 96 decimal - a
backtick, which is correct for MySQL. The ones around the values were
ASCII 39 decimal, which is again correct.

> So far as surrounding table names in the insert statement with quotes, I
> couldn't find it in the manual, and it bombed when I tried it. Am
> curious where you got this info.
>

It requires back ticks. Check the manual. It's there, very
prominently. And has been since at least version 3.x.

> And yes, the collation will definitely be an issue. Defining the
> 'country' column as utf8_general_ci, the records 4, 54 & 187 did not
> import the country name. Set to ASCII, the high ascii chars imported as
> question marks (Hex code 3F, ASCII 63), but the remainder of the string
> came in OK.


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Sanders Kaufman wrote:
> Carl Pearson wrote:
>
>> This does not seem to be accurate. At least as far back as MySQL
>> version 3.23, double-quotes are most certainly acceptable for
>> enclosing strings. Section 9.1.1 of the manual details this:
>
> Yeah, it is. I recently lost an argument I was very confident about -
> that double-quotes is actually the ANSI standard. I got so used to
> using double-quotes, I forgot they were the wrong way to do strings.

It may. But I use standard SQL so I have less to change should I need
to go to a different database. And standard SQL is to use single quotes
around non-numeric values.

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Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Carl Pearson wrote:
>> So far as surrounding table names in the insert statement with quotes,
>> I couldn't find it in the manual, and it bombed when I tried it. Am
>> curious where you got this info.
>>
>
> It requires back ticks. Check the manual. It's there, very
> prominently. And has been since at least version 3.x.
>

Allow me to clarify this. If you're going to enclose table and/or
column names, they must be back ticks. And back ticks are required if
you're using MySQL reserved words as column or table names.


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Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> Carl Pearson wrote:
>>> So far as surrounding table names in the insert statement with
>>> quotes, I couldn't find it in the manual, and it bombed when I tried
>>> it. Am curious where you got this info.
>>>
>>
>> It requires back ticks. Check the manual. It's there, very
>> prominently. And has been since at least version 3.x.
>>

Time to put this to rest.

At least your statement above is *half* right. I was looking at the
wrong section, 9.1.1 (which defines what a string can be), not 9.2
(which defines what table, index, column & alias names can be).

But 9.2 does also state:
An identifier may be quoted or unquoted.

The only exception would be using reserved words, but 'id' and
'countries' are not on that list.

Still, saying that surrounding table names with quotes is 'required' is
not true.

>
> Allow me to clarify this. If you're going to enclose table and/or
> column names, they must be back ticks. And back ticks are required if
> you're using MySQL reserved words as column or table names.
>
>

Well, that's certainly what the manual says, but it's not the way it's
working in practice.

Locally am on 5.0.27-community, haven't tried any on a web host.

The insert bombed for me until I took out any form of quoting from the
table & column names. i.e.,

Then I took another look at the original post.

The entire problem was not as I originally stated, having the table &
field defs in quotes.

It was actually that back ticks were *also used for the data*.

So, to re-cap:
Backticks only for enclosing table & field names, NOT data!
Single OR double quotes around data are OK - even numbers!

This may not be the *preferred* way, but it's legal syntax.

Now, tiny rant here...

Yes, you are correct that backticks are allowed to identify table names,
and I thank you for getting me to look a little harder to discover that.

But, this is a MySQL list, NOT an ANSI SQL list, and double-quotes -
whether or not you disagree with using them - are valid syntax in MySQL.

Point is, even though I had a couple of facts about table defs wrong, I
still got the insert to work! You could have done the same, or at least
looked a little harder at the problem, rather than just dismiss my
answer because it had it's own syntax error.