NAME
hk_importcsv - imports a csv file. hk_importcsv is part of the
hk_classes package
SYNOPSIS
hk_importcsv -d driver -b database -t tablename [OPTIONS] CSV-file
DESCRIPTION
hk_importcsv imports a csv file and creates the table if necessary.
OPTIONS
-b, --database=DATABASE
database name
--between=BETWEEN
column separator, default is ’,’
-d, --driver=DRIVERNAME
set the SQL-driver (e.g. mysql). You can get a list of all
existing SQL-drivers with -l or --list
--delimiter=TEXTDELIMITER
the text delimiter, default is ’"’
--df=dateformat
date format, may contain M D Y, example: D.M.Y
--tf=timeformat
time format, may contain h m s , example: h:m:s
--dtf=datetimeformat
datetime format, may contain M D Y h m s, example: D.M.Y h:m:s
--locale=locale
locale of the import file, influences the number appearance
--charset=charset
charset of the import file
--noautoincdetection
avoids detection of auto_inc data type
-f, --filter=FILTER
filter of the datasource. It has the same syntax as the WHERE
clause of a SQL statement, just without the ’WHERE’. Example:
"author_id = 5"
-h, --host=HOST
name or IP-number of the host
-l, --list
List available database drivers
--noheader
if set the column names will not be included in the first row
-p, --password=PASSWORD
user password at the SQL server
-r, --port=PORT
TCP-port on host
-t, --table=TABLE NAME
the name of the table
-u, --user=USERNAME
user name at the sql-server
-w, --overwrite
overwrites the table if it already exists
--version
version and author of hk_classes
DIAGNOSTICS
hk_importcsv returns 0 if everything was ok, or 1 if an error occured.
A clear text error message will be written to stderr.
AUTHOR
Horst Knorr <hk_classes@knoda.org>
SEE ALSO
hk_exportcsv(1), hk_exportxml(1), hk_importcsv(1)
hk_classes package hk_importcsv(1)