Scott Marlowe escribió: > On 10/4/07, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Mike Ginsburg wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I am working on a personnel registry that has upwards of 50,000 > > > registrants. Currently I am working on an export module that will create a > > > CSV from multiple tables. I have managed to keep the script (PHP) under > > > the memory limit when creating and inserting the CSV into the database. > > > The problem comes when I try to query for the data and export it. Memory > > > limit is a major concern, but the query for one row returns a result set > > > too large and PHP fails. > > > > One row? Wow, I didn't know PHP was that broken. > > No, it's not php, it's his approach that's broken. Oh, I didn't realize that's what he was saying. Of course, you can get the thing out of the database using substring() but really this is a matter of really poor design. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/CTMLCN8V17R4 "No hay cielo posible sin hundir nuestras raíces en la profundidad de la tierra" (Malucha Pinto) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings