I totally agree.It is better to drop the index (modify the table to 'heap') first and then do the inserts thus avoiding the overhead of updating the indexes. Then assuming that you are reading from the log file and that each line has the following format $line="value1:value2:value3" then you can use placeholders:

open(FILE,"logfile.txt")||die;
while($line=<FILE>){
($field1,$field2,$field3)=split(/:/,$line);
$sth = $dbh->prepare ('INSERT INTO tablename (fieldname1,fieldname2,fi
+eldname3) VALUES(?,?,?)');
$sth->execute ($field1,$field2,$field3);
}
$sth->finish ();

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as roboticus points out, it might be better to group the inserts and do a commit let's say every 500 records. you might also check for errors when executing the statement and rollback the transaction when one occurs

In reply to Re^2: How to Do multiples SQL Insert at one time? by nikosv
in thread How to Do multiples SQL Insert at one time? by MelaOS

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