Re: filemaker to pgsql ?

Yes, I just did the awhile back :)
Its time stamped and outputs a file which can be globbed in via. psql. This
way you can check for errors before you go insert.

Yann

Here is my version of the script:

#!/usr/bin/perl

#dvf=> \d products
## Table "products"
# Attribute | Type | Modifier
#---------------+--------------+----------
# product | varchar(20) |
# owner | varchar(100) |
# add_date | bigint |
# collection | varchar(50) |
# camera_format | varchar(50) |
# clip_cost | float8 |
# duration | bigint |
# film_date | bigint |
# location | varchar(50) |

sub do_opt {
my ($product, $field, @loop) = @_;
my $val;
foreach $val (@loop) {
if ($val) {
print "INSERT INTO product_opt (product, key, value) VALUES
('$product', '$field', '$val');\n";
}
}
}

while(<>) {
my @input = split(/\t/);
my $now = time;
my $product = $input[0];
print "INSERT INTO products (product, owner, add_date, collection,
camera_format, clip_cost, duration, film_date, location) VALUES ('$input[0]',
'person\(at)redshift(dot)com', $now, '$input[14]', '$input[3]', $input[4],
$input[8], '$input[6]', '$input[10]');\n";
my @altitude = split(/[\cK]/, $input[1]);
do_opt($product, 'altitude', @altitude);
my @behavior = split(/[\cK]/, $input[2]);
do_opt($product, 'behavior', @behavior);
my @common = split(/[\cK]/, $input[5]);
do_opt($product, 'common', @common);
my @key = split(/[\cK]/, $input[7]);
do_opt($product, 'keyword', @key);
my @habitat = split(/[\cK]/, $input[9]);
do_opt($product, 'habitat', @habitat);
my @subject = split(/[\cK]/, $input[13]);
do_opt($product, 'subject', @subject);
my @compo = split(/[\cK]/, $input[11]);
do_opt($product, 'composition', @compo);





}

On Mon, 06 Nov 2000, you (Isaac) might of written:
> hello,
>
> has anyone converted files from filemaker to postgres? I'm figuring I'll
> just export everything into tabbed text files and then use the perl
> extensions to parse it out into INSERT queries. If anyone has any
> experience (or code!) to share on this process, it would be great to hear
> about it.
>
> --i

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