Option to enable Local Data Loading Capability

[GitHunter0]

Hi folks,

By default, MySQL disables Local Data Loading Capability.

So if I try to do something like below, I receive Error: Error executing query: Load data local infile forbidden

  DBI::dbExecute(con,
      r"[
        LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE <file_path>
        INTO TABLE <table_name>
        FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"' ESCAPED BY '"' 
        LINES  TERMINATED BY '\r\n' ;
      ]"
  ) 

In MySQL Workbench, I can enable that by going to "MySQL Connection" -> "Edit Connection..." -> "Advanced" -> "Others:" -> then insert OPT_LOCAL_INFILE=1.
Nonetheless, I can't rely on GUI software like Workbench, I need to build an automated rotine with only R.

Therefore, would you consider adding an option in the DBI connection function to insert configurations like OPT_LOCAL_INFILE=1 ?

Or is there a current workaround to use LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE via DBI?

Since it is an important feature for my workflow, any feedback will be much appreciated.

PS: Some Python examples with the option explicitly passed to the connection:

import mysql.connector
con = mysql.connector.connect(option_files="my.ini", allow_local_infile=True)

import MYSQLdb
MySQLdb.connect(..., local_infile=True)

[krlmlr]

Thanks. Closing as a duplicate of r-dbi/RMariaDB#265.