Are you using the DTS to schedule replication or periodic data imports?
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On 2/25/04, 11:48:02 AM, "HACKATHORN," TODD "(SWBT)" <th3491@stripped> wrote
regarding updating tables in MySQL:
> Hello,
> Sorry if this is a obvious question, but I am new to mySQL, and PHP. I
> am
> used to working with MS SQL Server 2000 and coldfusion. In SQL server I
> can
> build DTS packages and schedule them to update the data in my tables
> with
> different queries, and to import current data from other databases. Is
> there a way I can do this in mySQL? I found how I can schedule scripts,
> but
> am not sure how to go about making a script do queries, or how to import
> data from a other data source. I could write a script to insert each
> record
> one at a time, but that seems like a lot of work. I work with fairly
> large
> tables. I am new to both Linux, and mySQL, but do have a decent amount
> of
> experience in other SQL system.
> I am using RedHat 9, mySQL Ver 12.22 Distrib 4.0.18, for pc-linux
> (i686).
> Thanks in advance,
> Todd