Haisam, > I want to insert into "content" an entire text document. How do I do that without > puting the entire content into a variable, let's say in perl, and then writing the > INSERT statement.
In MySQL, you have the LOAD_FILE() function to do this: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/String_functions.html Regards, -- Stefan Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Geschäftsführer / CEO iConnect GmbH <http://iConnect.de> Heesestr. 6, 12169 Berlin (Germany) Tel: +49 30 7970948-0 Fax: +49 30 7970948-3 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Haisam K. Ido" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 11:41 PM Subject: How to insert entire text file in a table column > I have the following table, > > CREATE TABLE cp ( > id INT(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, > file VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL, > content LONGTEXT, > UNIQUE KEY keyword(id,file), > PRIMARY KEY (id) > ) TYPE=INNODB; > > I want to insert into "content" an entire text document. How do I do that without > puting the entire content into a variable, let's say in perl, and then writing the > INSERT statement. > > Is there a way to give the path to a file and for mysql to use that path to insert > the content? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
