So I am learning database/mySQL and how to use DBI, and thus far the basics seem straight-forward. However, what if I wanted to insert a column into an existing table. Say I had already a table, "Cars": 
idCars   Car
------   ---
1        MiniCooper
2        Civic
3        Camry
4        Accord
And I realized I wanted to add whether the car was a sedan, compact, subcompact and I coded a table, "Size": 
idSize   Size
------   ----
1        subcompact
2        compact
3        sedan
I am assuming I would want to insert a column, "Size", in table, "Cars", as a foreign key to idSize. I already have in tab-delimited file a two column table with `idCars` and `idSize` to insert. I am wondering if there is something similar to VLOOKUP in mySQL, especially if I have like 300 entries? From what I have read so far it seems like I would have to fetch the data first, then compare it locally to my file, prepare it as a column in the same order as table, "Cars", and then insert that column into "Cars"? Or should I fetch one row at a time and check it against my file and insert value at that row, and iterate this?

In reply to inserting a column into mySQL DB with perl by diyaz

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