Re: Multiple Inserts with mySQL

10 Seconds searching in the MySQL Manual: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/ANSI_diff_Transactions.html You have to use InnoDB tables, but this will work. On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 11:26, Anthony wrote: > hmm, I guess that would work. There is no way to have mySQL check for > integrity for me is there? I read in a SQL book a while ago about > wrapping multiple inserts in a select statement, that way if any part of > the statement failed the whole thing would be rolled back. From my > research though, it doesn't look like mySQL supports this. Am I right > here? So far it looks like your idea could be the most reliable > suggestions I've gotten, so I'll start working on that for now. Thanks. > > - Anthony > > Peter Beckman wrote: > > Try this: > > > > $stack is an array of hashes: > > > > $stack[0] = array(0=>tablename, 1=>insertid()); > > > > For each insert you do, push an anonymous array on $stack which includes > > the tablename and insertid of the insert. > > > > Then as you continue your inserts, if any of them fail, call a function > > which takes that array $stack, and iterate through it, deleting the rows > > you just inserted. (see mysql_insert_id() function to get the insert ID) > > > > If none of them do fail, then you are in the clear. Either unset $stack or > > ignore it. > > > > Peter > > > > On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Anthony wrote: > > > > > >>I have to drop a lot of data into mySQL from PHP. It will go into quite > >>a few different tables. How can I maintain integrity of the entire > >>insert? I need to do about a dozen inserts on four tables and I need to > >>insure that all the inserts are successful or that none of them get > >>done. I'm sort of new at this, so please help me out. Thanks. > >> > >>- Anthony > >> > >> > >>-- > >>PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Peter Beckman Systems Engineer, Fairfax Cable Access Corporation > > beckman@purplecow.com > > http://www.purplecow.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- Adam Voigt (adam@cryptocomm.com) The Cryptocomm Group My GPG Key: http://64.238.252.49:8080/adam_at_cryptocomm.asc

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