Re: [sqlite] can ignore n lines when .import data file?

2006-01-06 Thread ronggui wong
2006/1/7, Griggs, Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Regarding: > > I want to use .import ... but the first line is the variable(fields), so I > want to ignore it. > = > > Possible option #1: > > If it wouldn't violate any database-enforced constraints, why not import t

Re: [sqlite] can ignore n lines when .import data file?

2006-01-06 Thread Nemanja Corlija
On 1/6/06, ronggui wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I see,many CSV files using \t as separator. > And SQLite does not use \t,I have to use sed(or other tools) to change > Tab to |. so My puzzle is why SQLite not support \t? You can set separator to be anything you want, including \t. Use this c

Re: [sqlite] can ignore n lines when .import data file?

2006-01-06 Thread Jay Sprenkle
> > Have you tried "head" or "tail"? > do you means the head command of the OS,say linux ? > Not yet,using "head" or "tail" will be faster than sed? My guess would be yes, though probably not much. It should be pretty simple to test. If it's a very large file you may be limited by your I/O speed,

Re: [sqlite] can ignore n lines when .import data file?

2006-01-06 Thread ronggui wong
2006/1/7, Jay Sprenkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Have you tried "head" or "tail"? do you means the head command of the OS,say linux ? Not yet,using "head" or "tail" will be faster than sed? As I see,many CSV files using \t as separator. And SQLite does not use \t,I have to use sed(or other tools) to

Re: [sqlite] can ignore n lines when .import data file?

2006-01-06 Thread ronggui wong
2006/1/7, Griggs, Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Regarding: > > I want to use .import ... but the first line is the variable(fields), so I > want to ignore it. > = > > Possible option #1: > > If it wouldn't violate any database-enforced constraints, why not import t

Re: [sqlite] can ignore n lines when .import data file?

2006-01-06 Thread Jay Sprenkle
Have you tried "head" or "tail"? On 1/6/06, ronggui wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to use .import to import a data file into SQLite.but the first > line is the variable(fields),so I want to ignore it.delete the first > row of the data is one solution,But the data file is large ,and try t

RE: [sqlite] can ignore n lines when .import data file?

2006-01-06 Thread Griggs, Donald
Regarding: I want to use .import ... but the first line is the variable(fields), so I want to ignore it. = Possible option #1: If it wouldn't violate any database-enforced constraints, why not import the entire file, then delete the first row via SQL? DELETE