loading a csv file which is on local system in to Mysql DB which is on remote server

Can we directly load a CSV file ( which is on the local system) on MYSQL DB ( which is installed on the Remote server ) ?

'load data infile into table name' command can only be used for loading in local system only.

Are you looking for LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE?

If LOCAL is specified, the file is read by the client program on the client host and sent to the server. The file can be given as a full path name to specify its exact location. If given as a relative path name, the name is interpreted relative to the directory in which the client program was started.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/load-data.html

Update: The original question exhibits a significant misunderstanding about LOAD DATA INFILE that originally escaped my attention:

'load data infile into table name' command can only be used for loading in local system only.

The client was referred to as being "local" and the server was referred to as being "remote," which makes that statement 100% incorrect.

LOAD DATA INFILE requires that the file already be on the server's filesystem, and adding LOCAL means it must be on the client's filesystem.

From the documentation:

If LOCAL is specified, the file is read by the client program on the client host and sent to the server.

If LOCAL is not specified, the file must be located on the server host and is read directly by the server.

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