Read the docs and take a look at the dump_results method.
"One call does it all" :-)
(Umm, perhaps that should be a DBI slogan.)
Tim.
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 09:49:47PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying come up with a fast and easy way to export all the data from a table
> into a file, tab delimited, but haven't alot of success with this.
>
> What is the best way to pull all the data from a table, then put into a text
> file and have it tab delimited for each column value:
>
> $query = qq|select * from orders|;
> $sth = $dbh->prepare($query);
> $sth->execute();
>
> open(FILE,">$export_file");
> while(my @rows = $sth->fetchrow_array()) {
> # THIS IS WHERE I SEEM TO LOOSE IT
>
> print FILE @rows . '\t;
>
> }
> close (FILE)
>
> I get each row into the file, but can't get the tab delimited between each
> column value properly and have a "\n" newline at the end of each @rows
>
> Sorry for the basic question, but something is eluding me on this??
>
> THX's
> Mike(mickalo)Blezien
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