MySQL LOAD_FILE returns NULL
Solution 1
I found out that it has to do with AppArmor. I disabled AppArmor for MySQL and it worked. For people having the same problem, please read here: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-linux-howto-disable-apparmor-commands/
Solution 2
Per Documentation
To use this function, the file must be located on the server host.
You must specify the full path name to the file.
You must have the FILE privilege.
The file must be readable by all
File size should be less than
max_allowed_packet
bytes.If the secure_file_priv system variable is set to a nonempty directory name, the file to be loaded must be located in that directory.
If the file does not exist or cannot be read because one of the preceding conditions is not satisfied, the function returns NULL.
So check all the above mentioned condition satisfies.
EDIT:
Not sure whether you understood properly ..
make sure the file parent directory have execute permission. So if
somefile.txt
sits undermyuser
directory; you must have execute have permission onmyuser
directory.You must have the FILE privilege.
means the FILE privilege must be granted explicitly usingGRANT FILE on . TO user@localhost
Flush the privilege
Logout and Login back and check whether it's working or not.
See this post MySQL LOAD_FILE() loads null values
Solution 3
So I been banging my head against this issue with finally found to to resolve it:
mysql> select LOAD_FILE('/var/www/upload/test.zip');
+---------------------------------------+
| LOAD_FILE('/var/www/upload/test.zip') |
+---------------------------------------+
| NULL |
+---------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
The problem is the secure_file_priv is not set. To see where it is pointed to do the following query:
Perform query:
select @@GLOBAL.secure_file_priv;
To point to the area that you are looking to pull file What I did was to add the following to the end mysqld.conf
secure_file_priv = /var/www/upload.
Restarted mysql and test with
mysql> select LOAD_FILE('/var/www/upload/test.zip');
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Solution 4
I'd the same problem with Fedora Linux while trying add images to a blob field.
I solved coping the files to the directory /var/lib/mysql/images
and giving the command:
chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql/images
Emir
Updated on July 09, 2022Comments
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Emir almost 2 years
I want to get SQL LOAD_FILE function to work and have read every single question/answer + documentation about this, but here is what's been happening.
When I want to LOAD_FILE from my home directory:
mysql> SELECT LOAD_FILE('/home/myuser/somefile.txt'); +----------------------------+ | LOAD_FILE('/home/myuser/somefile.txt') | +----------------------------+ | NULL | +----------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
So after getting this, I thought maybe the problem is that MySQL cannot access my home directory. And I tried running this, which worked fine:
SELECT LOAD_FILE('/etc/mysql/my.cnf');
Then
SELECT LOAD_FILE('/etc/passwd');
worked fine as well.So I said gotcha, it's a file/folder read/ownership permission problem. So, I moved my file into /etc/mysql/ but then it still didn't work. I've tried
chown mysql:mysql somefile.txt
but still, I had no luck:mysql> SELECT LOAD_FILE('/etc/mysql/somefile.txt'); +----------------------------+ | LOAD_FILE('/etc/mysql/somefile.txt') | +----------------------------+ | NULL | +----------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
P.S. 1. All files are readable by all user groups, so no need to chmod. But I've even tried chmod 777 if you'd like to ask. 2. I checked, secure-file-priv variable is not set up in MySQL, so no, LOAD_FILE is not restricted to any path.
Any ideas what might be the problem here?
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Emir about 10 yearsyes, I've read the documentation and checked all above conditions in advance. I'm pretty sure the file cannot be read (related to the last condition), but I don't know why. It just cannot read the file for some reason.
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Rahul about 10 yearsThat's great. What is the value of
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'max_allowed_packet'
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Emir about 10 yearsmysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'max_allowed_packet'; +--------------------+------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +--------------------+------------+ | max_allowed_packet | 1073741824 | +--------------------+------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
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Rahul about 10 years@Emir, that fine then. Check edited answer and varify those points
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Emir about 10 yearsAnswer for your EDIT: 1. Yes, the folder has execute permission. I've even tried putting this file under /etc/mysql/ which MySQL has all the access by default. 2. I'm logged into MySQL as root, so yes I've checked and have FILE privilege (and all other privileges).
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ivo Welch over 8 yearsapparmor should go into the list, too
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John over 7 yearsAlternate steps to disable apparmor that worked for me on Linux Mint 18 - this stops apparmor service from running ever again, but doesn't delete apparmor package from the servers: # /etc/init.d/apparmor stop # /etc/init.d/apparmor teardown # update-rc.d -f apparmor remove # service apache2 restart # service mysql restart
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JerseyDevel about 3 yearsThis was it for me. Only files in this location could be loaded into the database. Thanks.
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Payel Senapati over 2 yearsYou have to add
secure_file_priv = /var/www/upload
exactly under[mysqld]
line in the file/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
and not at the "end", this incomplete information made me waste a few hours, hope I helped somebody Also the answer provided by @Emir has to be followed at the same time, that is turnoff "apparmor" for "mysql" -
Payel Senapati over 2 yearsIf placed in original folder of
select @@GLOBAL.secure_file_priv;
(in my case it was -/var/lib/mysql-files
) instead of changing it, then apparmor disabling is not needed