[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm load a CSV file with five fields into mysql. It loads up fine. > Problem comes in when I try to refresh the data with updates. > > I grab this file and convert it to CSV every 12 hours. The data shows > past 24 hours only, so basically I'm trying to make a permanent archive. > I tried creating a PRIMARY key of the first 4 fields to be unique to > filter out duplicates. Problem is, when I have that key on, no new data > gets written to the database, even clearly NEW records. > > Table is warlog, fields are time, attacker, coords, defender, status > (obviously a game). A unique record would match the first four, or at the > very least time and coords. Whenever I go to load data infile the second > time around, no records get written if any indexes are present. If no > indexes I get duplicates. If I put an index with the duplicates, I only > get the first set of data with no updates. > > Is there something about primary keys I should know about? I've created > this database with them and tried every combination, but I can't seem to > get the update part to work. >
If you don't specify IGNORE or REPLACE keyword, LOAD DATA LOCAL works the same as IGNORE is specified. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
