Question

I am very new to database, I will try my best to explain myself clearly.

I need to import a txt file into my database for my product descriptions, in the file has 4 different languages, but I only need English to be import, and it also require some formatting and styling the data such as to use HTML table, what could be the best way to do this?

Any help will be much appreciate.

Kind regards

Answer 1

If this is a manual one off change, and if you have access to MS SQL Server, you can import the file using the built in “Tasks > Import Data..” menu item. You can then delete/modify/add to the rows in the imported table to your heart’s content using the built in editor.

Alternatively, if you are using code to input the data, and it’s a small file, I’d go with something like this:

function IsEnglishRow(row)
    returns whether the row is english or not

function GenerateInsertSQL(row)
    returns "INSERT products (item, ...) VALUES (" + row[1] + ")"

function ImportEverything
    sql = empty string
    allRows = ReadFile.SplitIntoRows
    for each row in allRows
        if IsEnglishRow(row)
            sql += GnerateInsertSQL
    RunSQLOnServer(sql)