Hi all the gurus,
i am really new to perl(4days only),i have a problem of reading a text file and inserting the data into my SQL database table the file looks somthing like below: 
[1]
01:01:14:13
01:01:16:20
[GP=1][GP0:L=2;P=0;J=0;SNG=0;STY=0;X=0;Y=0]
Forced
OUR APPRECIATION

[2]
01:01:16:22
01:01:20:12
[GP=1][GP0:L=2;P=0;J=0;SNG=0;STY=0;X=0;Y=0]
Forced
OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO,

[3]
.....
..

[download]
i have to read each block, and each block contains 7 lines only and this pattern is followed throughout the text file. Does anybody have a sample code that i could follow or know any links to good reference material

anytype of feedback will be highly appreciated..

thanks,
shailesh

Edit by tye

In reply to reading from txt file and inserting into database tables by shaileshsp

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