Or even better, can I tell load data infile or somewhere in the table definition to compress whatever is written to the file?
Thanks Olaf On 5/8/09 12:29 PM, "Olaf Stein" <olaf.st...@nationwidechildrens.org> wrote: > Hi all > > What is the equivalent in unix (more specifically python) to the compress() > function. > > I am trying to make csv file for use with load data infile and am wondering > how to compress the strings that I would usually compress with compress() in > a regular sql statement. The field I am writing this into is longblob and I > need the compressed version here to be identical to what compress() would do > > Thanks > olaf > > ----------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice: > The following mail message, including any attachments, is for the > sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and privileged information. The recipient is responsible to > maintain the confidentiality of this information and to use the > information only for authorized purposes. If you are not the > intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the > intended recipient), you are hereby notified that any review, use, > disclosure, distribution, copying, printing, or action taken in > reliance on the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this communication in error, please notify us > immediately by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. Thank you. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
