Being perl-centric.. my instinct would be to use Perl w/ODBC and DBD::MySQL
for the whole thing.
I realize there may be incompatibilites between 'column types', but why not
just recreate the structure (memos -> mediumtext, etc..), dump from Access
to a .csv, then load it in with mysqlimport or LOAD DATA?
BTW - there's a chance one of the many MySQL GUI's (many use GTK, or even
WinMySQL http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Circuit/4105/) might help ya
out..
-Jay J
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul DuBois <paul@stripped>
To: Chris Lott <chrisl@stripped>
Cc: <mysql@stripped>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 1999 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: Storing HTML text
> At 8:03 AM -0800 6/19/1999, Chris Lott wrote:
> >> Since you are (apparently) going to be using a script to retrieve your
> >> data and generate the HTML pages, why don't you also use a script to
> >> read your data and insert it in the first place? There's no reason
> >> you have to use LOAD DATA to put in your data.
> >
> >I'm going to use PHP to build the pages and retrieve the data. I can use
PHP
> >to insert the data... but I am looking for a way to convert a large
amount
> >of legacy data that has been, up to now, stored in Microsoft Access db's
> >using a combination of fields including memo fields for the pages of
text.
> >My first thought was to dump them into some delimited format and import
them
> >via LOAD DATA, but this fails because of the variable length of the memo
> >fields...
> >
> >I will look into using PHP to read the files and insert the data... or
> >perhaps find a Perl guru to help do something if that is the direction I
> >have to take.
>
> Yes, for a problem like that, you might find a standalone program
> written using Perl and DBI a better solution than PHP. PHP can be
> used for standalone programs, but it's really more suitable for a Web
> environment.
>
> Other readers of the list may have different views - I'd be interested
> to hear other suggestions.
>
> --
> Paul DuBois, paul@stripped
> Northern League Chronicles: http://www.snake.net/nl/
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