On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 04:06 +0200, Ralph Deffke wrote: > Hi, > > this sounds huge, and cries for a sql version of the import. > Are both databases the same? MySQL? > > I give u a draft for MySQL > u export the data u have, then u got a textfile with 100000+ sql statments > > in the php script u open the file and iterate over it by line (carefull it > could be also ";" in case its a Unix created file on a windows platform) > > line == one SQL insert in table bla bla... > > in the loop then just mysq_query with this line > > if the the someid is an unique index the insert will fail, so only those > records are inserted beeing not already in the database. > > but I think as of the amount off records it doesn't sound like a every 10 > minutes job, if it is a rara job, just do it with phpMyAdmin > > sorry not pulling out the code, but was a long day behind the keyboard, need > some sleep > > ralph_deffke@xxxxxxxx > > > > > "Devendra Jadhav" <devendra.in@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:be4b00cf0908151815r1c7430d2j8a6cb0da1f10ac00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Hi, > > > > I have to import data from one database to another, I have to import > around > > 100000(1Lac) records. > > First I need to check if the record is already imported or not and import > > only those records which are not imported. > > > > Here is my logic > > > > $already_imported = get_already_imported_records(); > > format of the $already_imported is $already_imported[someid] = 'imported'; > > > > Now i take all records from another db and iterating through it. > > > > if (!key_exists($already_imported[$new_id])){ > > import_function($new_id) > > }else{ > > echo 'allready imported'.$already_imported[$new_id]; > > } > > > > Now my script is importing same records for more than one time. I am not > > able to get through this issue > > > > Is it because of the size of the records or something else...? > > > > Please suggest me some solution which is faster, safe and easy to code :D > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > -- > > Devendra Jadhav > > > > > You cry for a MySQL version and then revert back to PHP?! Why not just keep the whole thing in MySQL? You can use SQL statements to check whether a record exists before attempting to shove it in the database using a WHERE clause in the INSERT statement or by making one field unique and hiding notices about inserts that are attempting to overwrite that. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php