in reply to Importing text files with DBI

What kind of text files? What kind of validation? Are there any foreign keys? What about column name specifications?

In other words, you need to be a little more specific with your question. What kind of ideas do you have? What do you think should be done?

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The idea is a little like C++ templates, except not quite so brain-meltingly complicated. -- TheDamian, Exegesis 6

... strings and arrays will suffice. As they are easily available as native data types in any sane language, ... - blokhead, speaking on evolutionary algorithms

Please remember that I'm crufty and crochety. All opinions are purely mine and all code is untested, unless otherwise specified.