Reputation: 107
I have a table mileage_registrants
which keeps users registration data. It has a field department
which is NULL
for all users now. I want to insert department data from a .xlsx
file into table department
. There are one thousand records so it is horrible for me to insert them by hand.
Is there anyway for me to get this done quickly?
Upvotes: 2
Views: 3185
Reputation: 6152
you can do it via excel itselfe.
Here you can find a quick tutorials of you to interact with excel from mysql
http://www.heritage-tech.net/908/inserting-data-into-mysql-from-excel-using-vba/
http://www.heritage-tech.net/267/interfacing-with-mysql-via-excel/
http://blog.tjitjing.com/index.php/2008/02/import-excel-data-into-mysql-in-5-easy.html
It is highly recommended to do a dry run before running on production
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 2631
Assuming you have access to PhpMyAdmin, you may want to export your xlsx to CSV format, then import it using PhpMyAdmin import tool.
Beware of the encoding though!
Upvotes: 2