Perl has functions to do this. If you are writing an import, use language native functions. For a "load data in file", just how would you expect this to work?
Serge Paquin wrote: >Hello All, > > I'm just plugging away at a converion project where we are migrating to mySQL. > I am getting increasingly down on the poor support for importing dates into mySQL. >In the near future could we expect a function that is basicaly the opposite to >date_format where the first param is a date and the second param is the format of >that string. The function would return a mySQL compatible date sutable to be used in >an INSERT or UPDATE statement. > >Thanks, >Serge. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
