If you want to just drop CSV files into MySQL, go for it with using the CSV file backing: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/csv-storage-engine.html http://

If you want to just drop CSV files into MySQL, go for it with using the CSV file backing: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/csv-storage-engine.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/csv-storage-engine.ht... As the comments say, create the table with a CSV storage backing and then delete the file and symlink any file to the same location. You are now querying your quicken export or your excel file.