I have not read in the documentation if we can do this or not. I would like to have a script running that would have a server socket listening for connections. Once a connection is made, it would receive, say, 5000 lines of info into some temp buffer. We have some efficient SWIG'd C code that can format the data in the buffer to something understandable by mysql. What it comes down to, will the INFILE argument of LOAD be fooled with a reference to a buffer instead of a text file? -Martin --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php