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peace_love

Reputation: 6471

How can I insert a lot of data into mySQL database at once?

I insert data from a text file into mySQL database and there will be inserted around 6000 or more entries at once.

try {
   $sql = "INSERT INTO data (id,name,date,place) values(?,?,?,?) ";
   $q = $pdo->prepare($sql);
   foreach($data as $row) {
      $q->execute(array($row['id'], $row['name'], $row['date'], $row['place']));
   }
}
catch (PDOException $pe) {
   echo $pe->getMessage();
}
catch (Exception $e ) {
   echo $e->getMessage();
}

I tried it with 3000 entries and everything works fine. But if I have more data to be inserted it happens that my page is blank and nothing is inserted into my database.

What could cause this problem and how can I solve it?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4014

Answers (4)

Anand G
Anand G

Reputation: 3200

Since you already have text file then use below query 

LOAD DATA INFILE 'file/path/to/file.txt' 
INTO TABLE table-name 
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' 
ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
IGNORE 1 ROWS;

Make sure your data in file is in sequence with your table rows.

Read more here https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/load-data.html

Upvotes: 5

Drew
Drew

Reputation: 24959

Use mysql LOAD DATA INFILE

refer to This Answer

If you use PDO or the like with looping, you are doing it wrong, and slow.

Upvotes: 1

user399666
user399666

Reputation: 19879

Instead of running multiple queries inside a loop, you should use the multi-insert syntax. Example:

INSERT INTO data (id,name,date,place) VALUES (:id1,:name1,:date1,:place1), (:id2,:name2,:date2,:place2), (:id3,:name3,:date3,:place3);

Check out this article on doing multi-inserts with prepared statements.

Upvotes: 1

Tangoo
Tangoo

Reputation: 1439

NSERT statements that use VALUES syntax can insert multiple rows. To do this, include multiple lists of column values, each enclosed within parentheses and separated by commas. Example:

INSERT INTO tbl_name (a,b,c) VALUES(1,2,3),(4,5,6),(7,8,9);

From How to do a batch insert in MySQL

Upvotes: 1

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