Inserting a text file to MySQL

Sundar plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:16:35 -0700


Thanks David,

When you say 

insert into foo ( [contents of file]);

Does it mean

insert into foo ( filename );

I am just trying to achieve it with a SQL query.

- Sundar


David A. Sinck wrote:

>\_ SMTP quoth Sundar on 2/10/2003 10:26 as having spake thusly:
>\_
>\_ Hi,
>\_ 
>\_ I am retrieving some text files from our Oracles server and been asked 
>\_ to populate some feasible local server. So, obviously I selected MySQL, 
>\_ though I haven't personally used it much. Now, I have a problem. How do 
>\_ I store a text file in MySQL?
>
>create table foo (
>  thefile text
>);
>
>insert into foo ( [contents of file]);
>
>YMMV.  There's also 'longtext' and 'verylongtext' IIRC.
>
>David
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