Re: [firebird-support] Using External File as Table

2018-08-29 Thread Mark Rotteveel m...@lawinegevaar.nl [firebird-support]
On 29-8-2018 10:13, bog...@mordicom.si [firebird-support] wrote: > Beside that also: > > file must have fixed record size . > > So IP must be 15 chars long, all zeros in place > > 192.068.001.001 and not 192.68.1.1 Not necessarily, padding with spaces up to the declared length works as well.

Re: [firebird-support] Using External File as Table

2018-08-29 Thread Vaughan Wickham v...@zeb.com.au [firebird-support]
Hello guys, Thank you all for your responses. Mark & Karol, thanks also for the explanation. Your suggestions have worked for me and now when I query the table the results look correct. Regarding the number of rows, there will be around 240,000 - 250,000 Cheers Vaughan

Re: [firebird-support] Using External File as Table

2018-08-29 Thread Mark Rotteveel m...@lawinegevaar.nl [firebird-support]
On 29-8-2018 03:27, 'Vaughan Wickham' v...@zeb.com.au [firebird-support] wrote: > I need to add a large number of IP addresses to an existing table in a > database. > > After doing some research, I came to the conclusion using an external > file as a table would do the job. > > So I’ve

Re: [firebird-support] Using External File as Table

2018-08-29 Thread liviuslivius liviusliv...@poczta.onet.pl [firebird-support]
Hi, Change your table declaration to include separator e.g. line break. (IP_Address CHAR(15),Myln char(1)); If you have windows style linebreak change myln to 2 chars. External table is a fastest way, but you must define what do you mean in your scenario as "large". Regards,Karol Bieniaszewski