Howdy!

The problem is one of reading the file *one command* at a time. If your file is "well formed" (for any useful definition) such that you could slurp the file and split it on a simple regex, this trick can work fine.

I had a case where I had the schema in the DATA handle of a module. It went like this:


foreach (creates())
{
    $dbh->do($_) or die...
}

sub creates
{
    return split(/^EOC$/m, <<EOS);
    CREATE TABLE name
    (
        id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,...
    )
EOC
    CREATE TABLE...
EOC
    more create, alter, etc
EOS
}

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The trick is being able to split the SQL file into discrete commands.

yours,
Michael

In reply to Re^2: How do I execute an SQL file through DBI by herveus
in thread How do I execute an SQL file through DBI by Limbic~Region

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