Non-CSVtextfile dump to mysql

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January 22nd, 2003, 09:33 AM

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Non-CSVtextfile dump to mysql

Hi all,

Anyone know of any shareware or scripts out there that can take a textfile of addresses which has not got the column headings in it (non-csv, just entry after entry, and not in rows), and be able to dump all data to existing table by asking what line should dump to which column?

It would save me SO much time!

TIA

January 23rd, 2003, 02:35 AM

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RE: Non-CSVtextfile dump to mysql

If I understand your post correctly, the file looks like:

Joe User
Some company
123 Main Street
Apt 2A
Somewhere
CA
90210

or something like that?

If that is the case, are there always the same number of lines for each address with blank lines in place for missing data?

If so, you should be able to write such a script in a short time.

January 27th, 2003, 10:51 AM

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RE: Non-CSVtextfile dump to mysql

Hi,

Thanks for the reply - sorry for the delay in replying, been so busy. Yes, that's it exactly; every entry has the same number of lines. So...do you have any idea of what syntax I'd need for such a script?

TIA

January 27th, 2003, 12:34 PM

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RE: Non-CSVtextfile dump to mysql

Something like what follows should work. Note that you'll have to modify it to fit your data and database. I'll also assume that the data is in the exact format posted above.

php Code:

Original - php Code

 
<?php
 
// first, connect to database
mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password");
mysql_select_db("mydatabase");
 
// then, open the file
$infile=fopen("myfile.txt", "r");
 
// and then, until we reach the end of file, read the data
while (!feof($infile)) {
    $name=addslashes(trim(fgets($infile, 1000)));
    $company=addslashes(trim(fgets($infile, 1000)));
    $address1=addslashes(trim(fgets($infile, 1000)));
    $address2=addslashes(trim(fgets($infile, 1000)));
    $city=addslashes(trim(fgets($infile, 1000)));
    $state=addslashes(trim(fgets($infile, 1000)));
    $zipcode=addslashes(trim(fgets($infile, 1000)));
    
    // finally, insert the data into database
    mysql_query("INSERT INTO mytable(name,company,address1,address2,city,state,  zipcode) VALUES ('$name', '$company', '$address1', '$address2', '$city', '$state', '$zipcode')");
}
?>

To match with your data/table, modify the number of lines read for each entry and the order and names of fields in the table in your database inside the mysql_query statement. If you're not using MySQL, you'll also need to change the database calls, but the principle stays the same...

Hope this helped.

January 27th, 2003, 02:32 PM

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RE: Non-CSVtextfile dump to mysql

Thank you for that, it is greatly appreciated

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