filling database

meeusen · #1 11-Jun-2004, 16:07

Hi

I am filling my database with a couple of thousend
8 digits numbers. These numbers i have in a list in a text-file.
Also I have a dump-sql file that i fill with these numbers by copying and pasting the numbers in between the brackets after the word VALUES in the following sentence:

INSERT INTO NUMBERS (number) VALUES ();

resulting in;

INSERT INTO NUMBERS (number) VALUES (01234567);

That i repeat with all the numbers

This takes me forever.....!

Is their anybody who knows a quicker way...?
I would appriciate any suggestions deerly!

Greetings

Meeusen

JdS · #2 11-Jun-2004, 19:48

Hello meeusen,

Yes, it's wise for you to seek an alternative solution to what you're trying to do.

This is a fairly common solution by the way, so you can start with this suggestion and extend on it with whatever details you need to add to it.

First, you've got to get the data off that text file into a (numerically indexed) array in your script - for example, it could end up looking like:

PHP Code:


<?php
$data[0]  = 12345678;
$data[1]  = 23456789;
$data[2]  = 34567890;
// etc.
?>

Next, you will start to build your INSERT SQL string... this can be easily done many ways but here's one, just to give you an idea...

PHP Code:


<?php
// at this point, you already have READ (the text file) and filled in the 8 digits numbers into an array named $data, see example above;

$SQL  = "INSERT INTO `numbers`
            ( `number` )
            VALUES (";
// here we add all the "values" off $data
$SQL  .= implode( '),(', $data );
// close the SQL string;
$SQL  .= ')';

// just to see if everything is alright with this SQL string; we display it for now...
///*
echo $SQL;
//*/

// otherwise you can run it...
/*
  $result = mysql_query( $SQL, $conn );
//*/
?>

meeusen · #3 12-Jun-2004, 05:12

Excellent

thank you very much

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