Posted by Hank on 09/26/06 18:50

On 22 Sep 2006 16:09:16 -0700, halbenca@gmail.com wrote...
>
>I have a CSV file with 5 columns and about 20000 lines. Is there a
>simple utility out there that will convert this file into a conforming
>text file I can then proceed to import into my database via Web
>interface phpMyAdmin? These are the confines I have to work within as
>I have to import it from the Web access of phpMyAdmin, any solutions or
>ideas? BEST REGARDS, Danny
>


Some SQL programs like MySQL and PostgreSQL include a method to restore or
update your database from a file. As an example I can create a tab delimited
file that looks similar to this...

COPY "table_name from stdin;
[DATA HERE]
\.

Then just just use a shell command to make the update...

# psql -a -f /path/to/myfile database_name

Hank
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