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43	Files

Functions for Working with Files

file

Reads file as a String. The file can contain subqueries, condition, names of columns and any other information that will be read as one line.

Syntax

file(path)

Arguments

• path — The relative path to the file from user_files_path. Path to file support following wildcards in read-only mode: *, ?, {abc,def} and {N..M} where N, M — numbers, 'abc', 'def' — strings.

Example

Inserting data from files a.txt and b.txt into a table as different rows.

Query:

INSERT INTO table SELECT file('a.txt'), file('b.txt');

See Also

• user_files_path
• file