they're on separate machines, this seems the fastest method, but i'm not sure if it's possible given my setup [Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 09:48:18AM +0000] This one time, at band camp, Tom said: > If your mysql server has access (or can have access) to the directory > where you want to dump the file, you can just use the "SELECT.... INTO > OUTFILE FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','..." syntax as your query, which is very > fast. > > Mirco Blitz wrote: > > >Hi, > >Probably the Pear Excel_Syltesheet_Writer works for you. > >http://pear.php.net/package/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer > > > >I found out that it is faster with huge data sets on my system. > > > >Greetings > >Mirco > > > >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >Von: Redmond Militante [mailto:r-militante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >Gesendet: Freitag, 11. Februar 2005 00:02 > >An: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Betreff: export mysql to csv prob > > > >hi > > > >i have a script that exports the result of a mysql query to a csv file > >suitable for downloading > > > >the code looks like > >$result = mysql_query("select * from user,mjp1,mjp2,mjp3,mjp4"); > >while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > >$csv_output .= "$row[userid] $row[firstname] $row[lastname]\n" } > > > >header("Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel"); > >header("Content-disposition: csv" . date("Y-m-d") . ".xls"); print > >$csv_output; > > > >this works fine, except that when i expand the line $csv_output > >.="$row[userid] $row[firstname] $row[lastname] $row[anotherfield] > >$row[anotherfield] ...\n"} -to include an increasing number of fields, it > >tends to bog down the speed at which the $csv_output file can be printed. > >when i have this line output 30+ fields for each row, wait time for output > >file generation is almost 4-5 minutes. > > > >is this the most efficient way to do this? i'd like to be able to generate > >the file as quickly as possible. > > > >thanks > >redmond > > > >-- > >Redmond Militante > >Software Engineer / Medill School of Journalism FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p10 > >#0: Wed Sep 29 17:17:49 CDT 2004 i386 4:45PM up 4:01, 3 users, load > >averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- Redmond Militante Software Engineer / Medill School of Journalism FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p10 #0: Wed Sep 29 17:17:49 CDT 2004 i386 2:30PM up 1 day, 1:46, 2 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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