Re: Another LOAD Infile Problem

2005-09-27 Thread Rory McKinley
Jason Ferguson wrote: The data is split into about 60 files, average file size of 5 MB (varying from 1 to 10 MB). Since there are many files, I'm trying to minimize the required work (if there was just one consolidated file, no problem). Jason snippety-snip Hi Jason If it's not too late

Re: Another LOAD Infile Problem

2005-09-27 Thread Jigal van Hemert
Jason Ferguson wrote: The data is split into about 60 files, average file size of 5 MB (varying from 1 to 10 MB). Since there are many files, I'm trying to minimize the required work (if there was just one consolidated file, no problem). The work can be automated easily with the right tools

Re: Another LOAD Infile Problem

2005-09-27 Thread SGreen
Jason Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/26/2005 10:58:02 PM: Many thanks for the earlier response to why LOAD DATA INFILE wasnt working for me. However, another problem has appeared. In the file I am reading, 2 of the fields are SUPPOSED to be float values. However, in several

Another LOAD Infile Problem

2005-09-26 Thread Jason Ferguson
Many thanks for the earlier response to why LOAD DATA INFILE wasnt working for me. However, another problem has appeared. In the file I am reading, 2 of the fields are SUPPOSED to be float values. However, in several places, they are set to UNKNOWN. This seems to cause LOAD to abort. Is there a

Re: Another LOAD Infile Problem

2005-09-26 Thread Jasper Bryant-Greene
Jason Ferguson wrote: Many thanks for the earlier response to why LOAD DATA INFILE wasnt working for me. However, another problem has appeared. In the file I am reading, 2 of the fields are SUPPOSED to be float values. However, in several places, they are set to UNKNOWN. This seems to cause

Re: Another LOAD Infile Problem

2005-09-26 Thread Jason Ferguson
The data is split into about 60 files, average file size of 5 MB (varying from 1 to 10 MB). Since there are many files, I'm trying to minimize the required work (if there was just one consolidated file, no problem). Jason On 9/26/05, Jasper Bryant-Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason Ferguson

Re: Another LOAD Infile Problem

2005-09-26 Thread Robert L Cochran
You'll have to edit your input file. There will always be instances where some field is quirky and you need to fix it/them/entire rows. Don't expect the input file to be perfect. I'd also suggest that you have a test database on a test machine that is devoted entirely to getting your tables

Re: Another LOAD Infile Problem

2005-09-26 Thread Robert L Cochran
Then you are in for quite a lot of editing work. I've done it a lot myself. Don't expect your project to be easy. Look for automated ways to edit the data according to your needs and the actual table structure. Bob Cochran Jason Ferguson wrote: The data is split into about 60 files, average