MySQLdb

[Swaroop C H]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:43:54 +0000, Daniel Bowett
<daniel at bowettsolutions.com> wrote:
> I have just started playing around with MySQLdb for a project I am planning.
> 
> As a test I have written a script that executes 3000 insert statements
> on a table. The table contains 10 fields with a mix of text and numbers
> - its a product table for a website eg UPC, ProductName, Price etc.
> 
> The problem I have is that it takes just over two minuted to execute the
> 3000 insert statements which seems really slow! I am running it on a
> machine with a 1.5 Ghz Pentium M Processor and Gig Of Ram. I dont think
> the machine is to blame for the speed because during execution the
> processor sits at about 10% and there is loads of free RAM.

I think a better option is to have the rows in a text file and then
use `mysqlimport` or 'load data infile' SQL[1]

[1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/load-data.html

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