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Export MySQL Query Results to CSV

Dev

If you’re SSH’d into a MySQL server and want to export MySQL query results to CSV (readable by Excel), simply add the below snippet to the end of your query.

INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/results.csv' 
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' 
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'

Note that ‘/tmp/results.csv’ in the code above should correspond to a writeable destination, and the file can’t already exist.

The Emperor’s Summer Palace

Art

I spent the summer of 2009 traveling around China teaching English and SAT prep.  It was a wild experience, and I learned a lot about myself during the trip.  This graphic spent about three years as the background on my computer, and it was taken at the Emperor’s Summer Palace in Beijing, China.

summer-palace

Where in the world is Kyle Suzuki?

Prose

At 24, bones still wet with dew from the dawn of adulthood, I took an adventure.

And by adventure, I mean vacation. For the price of a month’s rent in Boston, I had purchased the illusion of adventure, bookended by cushy, leather airline seats and documented by a camera with more horsepower than the Apollo missions. My destination? Iceland.

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Creative Catch-22 (or) Why I’m Big in Japan

Thoughts

I always wondered about artists, and how their work must often be inspired by the people in their lives.  What joy and pride it must bring someone to know that a beautiful love poem was penned in their name!  And to an equal measure, what mixture of horror and sadness must accompany words about hate or betrayal.

I’ve written songs and poetry since I was in grade school, and my close friends often make fun of the fact that an overwhelming majority of my compositions are about happiness and love.  In truth, it’s because I’ve often struggled with allowing myself to publish negative emotions about people.

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Previously, co-founder @ Plastiq.

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