Re: Redundant records in DataBase

2003-08-14 Thread Egor Egorov 
Joseph Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> I am uploading records from a user data entered log file with
> mysqlimport on a periodic basis. I would like to prevent the duplication
> of records to keep the system non-redundant. How can I best achieve
> this?

Create UNIQUE key on those columns that should contain non-repeatable values and use 
mysqlimport with --ignore option.



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Redundant records in DataBase

2003-08-14 Thread Joseph Maxwell 
Hello,

I am uploading records from a user data entered log file with
mysqlimport on a periodic basis. I would like to prevent the duplication
of records to keep the system non-redundant. How can I best achieve
this?

Thanks.

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