On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 15:46 -0700, Eric Cope wrote: > how many tables? > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Craig White > wrote: > I need to update almost all (but not quite all) records in a > data table > because the dates were imported like '08/04/09' instead of > '2009-08-04' > > I am looking at the mysql reference manual but it doesn't > appear that it > would be easy to script a line by line 'update' from a csv > file. > > Now I still have the csv files (and a copy with the dates > fixed) and I > suppose I could 'find', 'delete' and then 'import' again but > there are > relational records so mysql would probably prevent me from > doing that > unless I suspend all relational checks when I delete those > records prior > to reimporting them with the fixed dates. > > What's the best way to accomplish this? ---- one table (salesorders and at least one related table (salesorderdetails) which as you might suspect is the line items table for salesorders. I need to keep the orders from 8/1/2009 through 8/4/2009 and fix the rest but the rest have to be either deleted and imported again (probably best) or simply updated from another file (which I have in CSV format and the dates are fixed properly). Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss