[ic] MySQL and Text files

[Ed LaFrance]

At 08:41 PM 03/15/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am new to Interchange, and I have a question about MySQL.  I have got
>MySQL and Interchange working but there is one thing I dont understand:
>
>Database        products        products.txt    dbi:mysql:tutorialdata
>
>In the above line, why do I have to specify products.txt, even after all of
>my data has been imported into the database?  Is there a way to use only the
>database?  All of the examples I have found are similar to the one above,
>such as:
>
>Database arbitrary arbitrary.asc dbi:mSQL:minivend:localhost:1114
>
>So I guess what I am saying is, if I have a database, why do I need to
>specify an ascii file?  This may be a dumb question, but I can't figure it
>out!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jason Griffiths
>Engineering Director
>Wired Websites
>714.470.4924
>jason@wiredwebsites.com
>www.wiredwebsites.com

Jason -

Straight from the docs:

To use an existing SQL database instead of importing, set the NoImport 
directive in catalog.cfg to include any database identifiers not to be 
imported:

    NoImport  products inventory



- Ed L.







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