This may not be a perl problem. I am currently doing a similar thing trying to pull data out of foxpro dbf files and put them in other SQL databases. Some lines are not coming across because there are subtle differences in the data types between the data source (foxpro dbf) and the destination.

To figure out what was going haywire, in my case, I tried importing the data into a MS Access database using a system DSN. Some rows generated an error because the value in an integer feild in the row on the source was too large for integer feild on the destination table.

Maybe checking the differences between the values allowed for each datatype in dbf's Vs Mysql might shed light?

In reply to Re: Strange MySQL Problem by blm
in thread Strange MySQL Problem by tyndyll

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.