ERROR 1148: The used command is not allowed with this MySQL version

You can specify that as an additional option when setting up your client connection:

mysql -u myuser -p --local-infile somedatabase

This is because that feature opens a security hole. So you have to enable it in an explicit manner in case you really want to use it.

Both client and server should enable the local-file option. Otherwise it doesn't work.To enable it for files on the server side server add following to the my.cnf configuration file:

loose-local-infile = 1

I find the answer here.

It's because the server variable local_infile is set to FALSE|0. Refer from the document.

You can verify by executing:

SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'local_infile';

If you have SUPER privilege you can enable it (without restarting server with a new configuration) by executing:

SET GLOBAL local_infile = 1;

SpringBoot 2.1 with Default MySQL connector

To Solve this please follow the instructions

1. SET GLOBAL local_infile = 1;

to set this global variable please follow the instruction provided in MySQL documentation https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/load-data-local.html

2. Change the MySQL Connector String

allowLoadLocalInfile=true Example : jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xxxx?useSSL=false&useUnicode=yes&characterEncoding=UTF-8&allowLoadLocalInfile=true

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/load-data-local.html

Put this in my.cnf - the [client] section should already be there (if you're not too concerned about security).

[client]
loose-local-infile=1

Also struggled with this issue, trying to upload .csv data into AWS RDS instance from my local machine using MySQL Workbench on Windows.

The addition I needed was adding OPT_LOCAL_INFILE=1 in: Connection > Advanced > Others. Note CAPS was required.

I found this answer by PeterMag in AWS Developer Forums.

For further info:

SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'local_infile'; already returned ON and the query was:

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'filepath/file.csv' 
    INTO TABLE `table_name`
    FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' 
    ENCLOSED BY '"'
    LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
    IGNORE 1 ROWS;

Copying from the answer source referenced above:

Apparently this is a bug in MYSQL Workbench V8.X. In addition to the configurations shown earlier in this thread, you also need to change the MYSQL Connection in Workbench as follows:

1. Go to the Welcome page of MYSQL which displays all your connections
2. Select Manage Server Connections (the little spanner icon)
3. Select your connection
4. Select Advanced tab
5. In the Others box, add OPT_LOCAL_INFILE=1

Now I can use the LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE query on MYSQL RDS. It seems that the File_priv permission is not required.*