Re: Compare and inserting with php

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Ashley Sheridan<ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: > On Tuesday 30 June 2009 15:42:01 Miller, Terion wrote: >> Okay, what I am trying to do is this: >> >> I have a db full of inspections, daily I need to run a script that will >> grab the posting of inspections, check them against the db to make sure >> they aren't duplicates and then insert all the new entries..... Not sure if >> my logic of going about it this way is right, or if I'm off track and need >> to be doing something different please advise...so far this is how I am >> writing it.....and it seems redundant ... Shouldn't there be a way to say >> (in plain speak) if there are no records with the name== insert this one, >> if there is one with the name then check intype if none ..insert... Etc >> >> >>  if (!empty($Go)) { >> >> $query = "SELECT * FROM restaurants WHERE name LIKE '$ucName'"; >> >>  $result = mysql_query ($query); >> >>  $row = mysql_fetch_object ($result); >> >> >>  If (mysql_num_rows($result) == 0) { >> >> $sql = "INSERT INTO restaurants (name, address, >> inDate, inType, notes, >> critical, cviolations, noncritical)  VALUES ("; >> >> $sql .= " '$ucName', '$ucAddress', '$inDate', >> '$inType', '$notes', >> '$critical', '$cleanViolations', '$noncritical')"; >> >>         $result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error()); >> >> >>     } else { >> >>  $query = "SELECT * FROM restaurants WHERE inType LIKE '$inType' AND name >> LIKE '$ucName' "; >> >>   $result = mysql_query ($query); >> >>             $row = mysql_fetch_object ($result); >> >>     If (mysql_num_rows($result) == 0) { >> >>    $sql = "INSERT INTO restaurants (name, address, >> inDate, inType, notes, >> critical, cviolations, noncritical)  VALUES ("; >> >>              $sql .= " '$ucName', '$ucAddress', >> '$inDate', '$inType', >> '$notes', '$critical', '$cleanViolations', >> '$noncritical')"; >> >>         $result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error()); >> >> >>         } else { >> >>   $query = "SELECT * FROM restaurants WHERE inDate LIKE '$inDate' AND name >> LIKE '$ucName' "; >> >>                $result = mysql_query ($query); >> >>                $row = mysql_fetch_object ($result); >> >> >>   If (mysql_num_rows($result) == 0) { >> >>   $sql = "INSERT INTO restaurants (name, address, >> inDate, inType, notes, >> critical, cviolations, noncritical)  VALUES ("; >> >>                $sql .= " '$ucName', '$ucAddress', >> '$inDate', '$inType', >> '$notes', '$critical', '$cleanViolations', >> '$noncritical')"; >> >> >>        $result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error()); >> >> >>    } >> } > > It's a bad way of doing it, but could you not create a unique index on the > particular key you want to be unique, and then just try the select anyway > with the mysql_query() call preceeded with an @ to suppress warnings? > > Thanks, > Ash > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Does this list of inspections exist in the db? Could you not use an INSERT INTO SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE type statement...much less processing overhead then -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat