Hi, A cohort wrote a script to import tab delimited files. He uses mysqlimport. He uses the -d option to ONLY empty the data from the table before importing the new data. My cohort believes that mysqlimport is also dropping the table and then recreating the table from somewhere and then inserting the new data. And the problem according to him is that apparently MySQL is using some older version of the table which has a different column structure so that when the new data is imported it goes into the wrong columns.
Anybody familiar with this? He says it's an optimization of MySQL to drop the table first ... but I have seen no confirmation. Peter http://www.coremodules.com/ Web Development and Support at Affordable Prices 901-757-8322 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
