EC
1480
MySQLERRORNotableDMLHIGH confidence

Invalid column reference in LOAD DATA INFILE

Production Risk

Low — the import fails; correct the column reference.

What this means

ER_LOAD_DATA_INVALID_COLUMN (1480, SQLSTATE HY000) is raised when a LOAD DATA INFILE statement references a column that does not exist in the target table.

Why it happens
  1. 1Column name in the SET or column list of LOAD DATA does not match any table column
  2. 2Typo in column name in the LOAD DATA statement
How to reproduce
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
LOAD DATA INFILE '/data/file.csv'
INTO TABLE my_table
(id, nonexistent_col, name);  -- nonexistent_col doesn't exist

expected output

ERROR 1480 (HY000): Invalid column reference: 'nonexistent_col'

Fix

Correct the column list to match the table schema

Correct the column list to match the table schema
-- Check table columns:
DESCRIBE my_table;

-- Fix the LOAD DATA statement:
LOAD DATA INFILE '/data/file.csv'
INTO TABLE my_table
(id, actual_col, name);

Why this works

The column list in LOAD DATA must exactly match existing column names in the target table.

Sources
Official documentation ↗

MySQL 8.0 — 1480 ER_LOAD_DATA_INVALID_COLUMN

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