> From: joe j <joe.st...@gmail.com> > > Thanks. I was looking for a loop--not to gain speed but to reduce the > length of my script file:) I'll try and hopefully it will work!
Is there any reason (besides human keystrokes) that you want a short script? If not, how 'bout the best of both worlds: create a UNIX (or perl) script that loops through the country names and creates an SQL script? That would be fast entering AND fast performing! > J > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Johan De Meersman <vegiv...@tuxera.be> wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "joe j" <joe.st...@gmail.com> >>> >>> So what I am trying to get is a script that runs through a list of >>> country names (US, UK, NL, etc) and create tables for each one of >>> them as above. Is this feasible in MySql? >> >> You can't create multiple tables with one statement; but you *can* put >> multiple statements on a single line. However, this does nothing for >> performance - nor readabiltiy, for that matter :-) >> >> You could (on *nix) write a simple commandline loop for it, I suppose. >> Something along the lines of >> >> for x in UK US BE FR; do mysql -e "create table ${x}_table_new as select >> blahblahblbah"; done ---------------- Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. -- Jim Morrison :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op :::: -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql