[KLUG Members] Re: Members digest, Vol 1 #563 - 12 msgs

[randy perry]

Mike Slack wrote:
> 
> Why not just use Perl with DBI and skip PHP altogether?  Do you just
<whisper>I don't know perl</whisper>

> need to get this stuff in a (MySQL) database?  A good Perl coder could 
> parse one of these files and insert into database table(s) in an hour
> or so.
> 
> What do you mean by "format the text and precede it with ..."?  Do
Rushed Typo, I meant, and proceed to use it in a MySQL insert or update
statement.

> you need to have some intermediate files of some sort?
nope.  I haven't even written up data definitions or drawn up a DFD. 
Anything is an option at this point, EXCEPT the original data format.

Randall Perry
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