mysql bulk insert from python

[Wolfram Kraus]

Dave Ekhaus wrote:
> hi
> 
>     my news carrier didn't have any mysql specific news groups - so 
> apologize in advance if this isn't exactly the proper group for these 
> question(s) ...
> 
>     anyway - i'm trying to figure out how to perform a bulk insert of 
> data from a text file into a table in a mysql database from the python 
> programming language.  i have lots of experience with ms sql server and 
> there we used bcp and then dts packages, but i can't seem to find the 
> analogous method for mysql - and would appreciate any tips/insight the 
> group can offer.
> 
>     fwiw - the data files contain on the order of 100,000 + records 
> (sometimes approx. 1 million), so anything but a 'bulk' solution 
> probably isn't practical.
> 
>     also - i found some reference to a 'Loader' python module, but it 
> seems to related to MaxDB and SAP.  i'm not sure what that is - and 
> would really prefer a more generic solution.
> 
> thanks
> dave
> 
The MySQL command LOAD DATA INFILE 
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/LOAD_DATA.html) might be what you are 
looking for, no need for python here, but you can call this command from 
any python script that uses the MySQLDB module 
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python)


HTH,
Wolfram

PS: Maybe news.gmane.org has some mysql-lists that you can try