CSV to SQL

// CSV → SQL INSERT statements
const csv = `name,age,city
Alice,30,Berlin
Bob,25,Tokyo`

function csvToSql(csv, table = 'data') {
  const rows = csv.trim().split('\n').map(r => r.split(','))
  const [headers, ...data] = rows
  const cols = headers.map(h => h.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, '_'))

  const values = data.map(row =>
    '  (' + row.map(v => `'${v.replace(/'/g, "''").trim()}'`).join(', ') + ')'
  )

  return `INSERT INTO ${table} (${cols.join(', ')}) VALUES
${values.join(',\n')};`
}

console.log(csvToSql(csv, 'users'))
// → INSERT INTO users (name, age, city) VALUES
//     ('Alice', '30', 'Berlin'),
//     ('Bob', '25', 'Tokyo');

import csv
import io

csv_string = """name,age,city
Alice,30,Berlin
Bob,25,Tokyo"""

reader = csv.reader(io.StringIO(csv_string))
headers = [h.strip().lower().replace(' ', '_') for h in next(reader)]

table = 'users'
rows = list(reader)

# CREATE TABLE
col_defs = ', '.join(f'{h} TEXT' for h in headers)
print(f'CREATE TABLE {table} ({col_defs});')
# → CREATE TABLE users (name TEXT, age TEXT, city TEXT);

# INSERT statements
for row in rows:
    vals = ', '.join(f"'{v.replace(chr(39), chr(39)*2)}'" for v in row)
    print(f"INSERT INTO {table} ({', '.join(headers)}) VALUES ({vals});")
# → INSERT INTO users (name, age, city) VALUES ('Alice', '30', 'Berlin');
# → INSERT INTO users (name, age, city) VALUES ('Bob', '25', 'Tokyo');

package main

import (
	"encoding/csv"
	"fmt"
	"strings"
)

func csvToSQL(data, table string) string {
	r := csv.NewReader(strings.NewReader(data))
	records, _ := r.ReadAll()
	if len(records) < 2 {
		return ""
	}

	headers := records[0]
	var vals []string
	for _, row := range records[1:] {
		escaped := make([]string, len(row))
		for i, v := range row {
			escaped[i] = "'" + strings.ReplaceAll(v, "'", "''") + "'"
		}
		vals = append(vals, "  ("+strings.Join(escaped, ", ")+")")
	}

	return fmt.Sprintf("INSERT INTO %s (%s) VALUES\n%s;",
		table, strings.Join(headers, ", "), strings.Join(vals, ",\n"))
}

func main() {
	csv := "name,age,city\nAlice,30,Berlin\nBob,25,Tokyo"
	fmt.Println(csvToSQL(csv, "users"))
	// → INSERT INTO users (name, age, city) VALUES
	//     ('Alice', '30', 'Berlin'),
	//     ('Bob', '25', 'Tokyo');
}

# SQLite: import CSV directly into a table
sqlite3 mydb.db <<EOF
.mode csv
.import data.csv users
SELECT * FROM users LIMIT 5;
EOF

# PostgreSQL: COPY from CSV file (server-side)
psql -c "COPY users FROM '/path/to/data.csv' WITH (FORMAT csv, HEADER true);"

# PostgreSQL: \copy from CSV (client-side, no superuser needed)
psql -c "\copy users FROM 'data.csv' WITH (FORMAT csv, HEADER true);"

# MySQL: LOAD DATA from CSV
mysql -e "LOAD DATA INFILE '/path/to/data.csv' INTO TABLE users
  FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"'
  LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' IGNORE 1 ROWS;"