This is a tab delimited text file. the format is: Real_filenametabname_of_gametabdescription_of_game 
TCPpipe.exe    TCPpipe    A tool for viewing incoming traffic from rou
+ter's forwarded ports!

Process.exe    Process    A tool for viewing WinXP's Processes and it'
+s dependencies!

StressRelax.exe    StressRelax    Whip The Worker! Try it, its very fu
+nny!

Activate.exe    Activate    A very useful tool for cracking Windows an
+d more!

GoogleFS.exe    GoogleFS    A very handy tool to search Google for Fil
+es!

Speedtouch_Monitor.exe    SpeedtouchMon    Allows you to view inbound/
+outbound information from router!

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The file above must be inserted to a mysql database automatically. Here is the code. 
....
$dbh->do( "CREATE TABLE games (file varchar(30) primary key, name text
+, description text, counter int)" );
......
my @row;
my $select = $dbh->prepare( 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM games where name=?' 
+);
my $insert = $dbh->prepare( 'INSERT INTO games (file, name, descriptio
+n, counter) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)' );
my $update = $dbh->prepare( 'UPDATE games SET description=? where name
+=?' );

open (FILE, '<../data/games/descriptions.txt') or die $!;
    while (<FILE>) {
        chomp;

        my ($name, $description) = split /\t/;
        $select->execute($name);
        
        my $count;
        
        while( my $ref = $select-> fetchrow_arrayref() ) {
            $count = $ref->[0];
        }
        
        if( $count == 0 ) { #a new game
            $insert->execute( $file, $name, $description, 0 );
        }
        else {
            $update->execute( $description, $name );
        }
    }
close (FILE);

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The zero in insert statemnt is the counter that will be used later.
This script need only to eb executed once.
What am i doing wrong?

2006-04-17 Retitled by planetscape, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'IHot to insert a tab delimited text file to a mysql database'

In reply to How to insert a tab delimited text file to a mysql database by Nik

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