Here's some untested code, but it's adapted from a script I wrote. It should be enough to get you going in the right direction. Hope this helps. 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use DBI;
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;

# connect to DB & prepare statement handle
my $dbh = DBI->connect("your:dsn:here");
my $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO table (foo,bar) values(?,?)");

# get workbook
my $file = $ARGV[0] || usage();
my $parser = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel->new();
my $book = $parser->Parse($file) || die("No workbook found!");

# get the first worksheet
my $sheet = $book->{Worksheet}[0];
my ($min, $max) = $sheet->RowRange();

# iterate over each row...
foreach my $row ($min..$max) {
    # get the values in each column you want...
    my $name = $sheet->Cell($row,1)->Value;
    my $address = $sheet->Cell($row,2)->Value();

    # and add a new row
    $sth->execute($name, $address);
}

$dbh->disconnect();

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In reply to Re: Import file into MySQL table by drewbie
in thread Import file into MySQL table by b310

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