Jim Lucas wrote: > Waynn Lue wrote: >> Wouldn't using LOAD DATA INFILE be better than writing your own script? >> > > depends, does the data file match the table column for column? Doesn't have to. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/load-data.html By default, when no column list is provided at the end of the LOAD DATA INFILE statement, input lines are expected to contain a field for each table column. If you want to load only some of a table's columns, specify a column list: LOAD DATA INFILE 'persondata.txt' INTO TABLE persondata (col1,col2,...); But load data infile requires extra mysql privileges. -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php