You can use the 'mysqlimport' utility to do a bulk load of the data. Vance bcorrigan78 / gmail.com wrote: >Hey Folks, > >Im looking for some suggestions here. I need to process 200 GZ >compressed files each day that contain comma delimited information in >the following format: >HostName, FileName, DirName, Modified_On > >Each file contains upwards of 200K rows. I need to compare this >information to the information recieved the day before to look for >files that have changed. > >My current plan was to: >## >do read file and uncompress line > do import line into Mysql > end >end >run several comparison queries to find changes save changes to a table >automatically review changes based on rules, and those that are >leftover are unauthorized. >## > >The MYSQL Import is SLOOOOW. Its taking 10 minutes per file. >Extrapolating this, it will take 2000 minutes, or 33 hours each day to >do just the import. Unfortunately, earth days only have 24 hours. > >So, I need some way to compare todays file, to yesterdays and see >changes. Any good way to do this using the text files and skip the >import process? Im worried that this will slow down the comparison >process, but I'd like to try it.... > >Thanks :) > >Brian > > > >