On Jan 3, 2007, at 2:10 AM, rajibsukanta wrote: > Thanks for the lead it is resolved > Try something like: >> >>>>> csv_name = 'c:\\mooney.com\\NSEDATA\\'+f >>>>> res = db.query('load data infile \''+csv_name+'\' into >>>>> table >>>>> nsehistory fields terminated by \',\' >>>>> lines terminated by \'\n\' ignore 1 lines') >> > i had to do it this way > csv_name = 'c:\\'+'\\mooney.com\\'+'\\NSEDATA\\'+'\\' +f > and now it is fine ... Nice work. You should be able to safely remove those +'s, but do what works best for your situation. Good luck with the rest of the project. -Mat