[ale] CSV file parser or alternative

[Jim Seymour]

On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 21:01 -0400, James Sumners wrote:
> Why not use Calc to directly add them to the database?
> 
> On 8/4/06, Jim Seymour <bluejay at speedfactory.net> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am looking for a way to pull certain row/column values from a csv file
> > to save in a text file that I can load into MySQL. I have not seen a
> > direct way using MySQL to pull the data and load into the correct
> > columns. The file is 15 lines long and is in this format;
> >
> > "ABIAX",20.63,"2006-08-03","6:00pm",-0.09,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A
> > "ACEIX",8.78,"2006-08-03","6:00pm",-0.03,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A
> > etc.....
> >
> > Basically I need to pull the date value one time and then the fund
> > values in series after that and create a text file that can be loaded
> > into MySQL through the "LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE" command. I understand
> > there is a commercial product that can do this. I am looking for a
> > "free" method for my Debian Etch box. Ideas?
> >

Thanks James,
I was not aware that Calc could do that. I will look into it.

-- 
Jim Seymour <bluejay at speedfactory.net>
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