LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE #file INTO TABLE specie FIELDS TERMINATED BY ';' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' (@col1, @col2, @col3, @col4, @col5, @col6, @col7) SET specie_id = @col2, genus_id = @col3, latin_species_name = @col4, entry_date = STR_TO_DATE(@col5, '%Y%m%d'), expiry_date = IFNULL(NULL,STR_TO_DATE(@col6, '%Y%m%d')), change_date_time = STR_TO_DATE(@col7, '%Y%m%d%H%i')