> Does anyone have any hints on how to or where to look to find out how > to import a number of tab-delimited text files with some header info > that reside on a ftp server into a MySQL database using PHP?
the 'key' command is 'load data infile'. It is very flexible in handling various delimited file formats. > How about doing this on a daily basis, automagically? well, a little perl script as a cron job? php script will do too. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Collaborative Intrusion Detection join http://www.dshield.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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