Hallo Neil,
take a look at the utility mysqlimport which will exactly fit your needs
importing those records into a database table.
The basic syntax is: mysqlimport options database_name table_name.txt
Tablename.txt would be your datafile with the records. The filename must
match the name of the table in the database you like to import the
records to. Depending on the delimiters you use to separate fields in
your text file, you have to set appropriate options. The documentation
on what options you have to use for type of data file can be obtained on
mysql.com.
Greets
Rocco
Neil Tompkins wrote:
Hi
I've am updating a database with about 20,000 records. What is the best way to perform these updates. Can I use batch updating ?
Thanks
Neil
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