how many tables?
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Craig White <
craigwhite@azapple.com> 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?
>
> Craig
>
>
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