The crux of the problem seemed to be that i was ftp'ing files down from remote servers(1 to 4 depending how many are currently active), saving them locally and then parsing those files in the same script. When i removed the ftp process from the code and broke the process out into two seperate code files, one will run after the other quite nicely without incurring any of these irregularities. As soon as i added the ftp portion back, the problem returned. the ftp process is somehting i should have mentioned in the first post... It seems to be a memory allocation issue, but there was no pattern to the irregularities... i don't htink there is a way to really prove this. If i dumped the arrays before processing they looked fine, then i would assign them to variables and add them to the sql statements and there they would get jumbled. hopefully this will help(??) someone searching hte archives one day. Thanks to those that responed....or even silently pondered. Jeff jeffrey_n_Dyke@Ke ane.com To: php-db@lists.php.net cc: 10/23/2003 02:21 Subject: txt to db, file() bug? PM OS Solaris8 php4.3.2 and php 4.2.3. running as CLI from cron and command line. I have a log file that i'm processing that i need to in turn insert only certian fields into the database. I open the files using file(filename.csv),which returns the array for me to process. i process all the lines of the file with: while(list($line_number, line) = each($fp)) { $line_array = explode(",",$line); etc.... There are 15 comma seperated 'columns' in the csv file, of which i only need to input 6. every once in a while i don't get all of the data within the fields, or the comma (,) becomes part of the field. But then the other 95% of the rows process correctly. Below is some sample data, i'm happy to provide more to anyone with questions. thansk for any opinions. I hope this makes [some] sense. Jeff The assignment of the values that i'm putting into my queries are simply.... $query = "INSERT INTO TA_RAFEED_JD SET ". "LoggedAt = '".$line_array[0]. "', ". "User_Name = '".$line_array[2]."', ". "Network_Device_Group = '".$line_array[3]."', ". "Group_Name = 'Dial', ". "Caller_Id = '".$line_array[4]. "', ". "elapsed_time = ".$line_array[6]; trims 0's off values and changes them.??? ------------ Good log line prior to error'd line-------------- Log File-- 10/22/2003,07:34:23,000512,Dial-VPN,5022278197/8885326281,stop,2135,ppp,56671,46034,581,243,89602,192.168.98.218,Async190,10.1.1.28, DB Query - INSERT INTO TA_RAFEED_JD SET LoggedAt = '2003-10-22', User_Name = '000512', Network_Device_Group = 'Dial-VPN', Group_Name = 'Dial', Caller_Id = '5022278197/8885326281', elapsed_time = 2135 ------------ trimmed the two leading zeros off the string 002375 and made it 22375------- LogFile -- 10/22/2003,07:34:42,002375,Dial-VPN,7877910505/8885326281,stop,1055,ppp,150304,196686,419,317,89607,192.168.98.115,Async55,10.1.1.28, Db query -- INSERT INTO TA_RAFEED_JD SET LoggedAt = '2003-10-22', User_Name = '22375', Network_Device_Group = 'Dial-VPN', Group_Name = 'Dial', Caller_Id = '7877910505/8885326281', elapsed_time = 1055 ----------same as above ------ 10/22/2003,16:52:59,007138,Dial-VPN,2122011073/8885326281,stop,205,ppp,28543,51643,171,113,89784,192.168.98.232,Async100,10.1.1.28, INSERT INTO TA_RAFEED_JD SET LoggedAt = '2003-10-22', User_Name = '17138', Network_Device_Group = 'Dial-VPN', Group_Name = 'Dial', Caller_Id = '2122011073/8885326281', elapsed_time = 205 chooses the WRONG value..the value that its putting in the 'User_Name' field is a contatenation of other fields, not being processed.??? ----correct line prior to error -- 10/22/2003,08:02:21,002357,Dial-VPN,5072878991/8885326281,stop,3580,ppp,650218,6754168,6947,6858,89604,192.168.98.65,Async23,10.1.1.28,INSERT I NTO TA_RAFEED_JD SET LoggedAt = '2004-10-22', User_Name = '002357', Network_Device_Group = 'Dial-VPN', Group_Name = 'Dial', Caller_Id = '507287 8991/8885326281', elapsed_time = 3580 ------errord record -- instead of inserting ka1497 to 'User_Name' i got 'stop7'-- 10/22/2003,08:17:50,ka1497,Dial-VPN,4169249221/8885326281,stop,5127,ppp,738105,4533604,4701,4603,89600,192.168.98.85,Async186,10.1.1.28,INSERT INTO TA_RAFEED_JD SET LoggedAt = '2003-10-22', User_Name = 'stop7', Network_Device_Group = 'Dial-VPN', Group_Name = 'Dial', Caller_Id = '416924 9221/8885326281', elapsed_time = 5127 ----same as above. inserted stop1 instead of 001691----- 10/22/2003,12:02:19,001691,Dial-VPN,4142713011/8885326281,stop,754,ppp,65008,243490,419,365,89696,192.168.98.114,Async124,10.1.1.28,INSERT INTO TA_RAFEED_JD SET LoggedAt = '2003-10-22', User_Name = 'stop1', Network_Device_Group = 'Dial-VPN', Group_Name = 'Dial', Caller_Id = '4142713011 /8885326281', elapsed_time = 754 if you've got this far...again. thank you! -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php