Are the table structures identical ?

If so, you could just move the data files themselves.

Otherwise consider using

unload from table B into <TAB> seperated format (mysql load format)
truncate table A
load data infile into table A



On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Daniel Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Velen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >  Actually I am updating TableA in DatabaseA with values from TableB in
> DatabaseB.  Database B is on a stand alone PC.  I'm using VB6 to create a
> .txt file containing data from TableB then using VB6 once more to
> recronstruct the table in DatabaseA then remove all data which are already
> in TableA and insert the remaining.
> [snip!]
> >  How can I optimise this process? and What are the alternatives
> available ?
>
>     If you don't absolutely need to use VB6, why not use something
> with native support like PHP?
>
> <?
> function dba_query($sql) { // Simply return the connection resource ID
>        // Select the primary database....
>        $dba_conn =
> mysql_connect('hostname_a','username_a','password_a') or
> die(mysql_error());
>        $dba_db = mysql_select_db('database_a',$dba_conn);
>        $r = mysql_query($sql,$dba_conn) or die(mysql_error());
>        return $r;
> }
>
> function dbb_query($sql) { // Simply return the connection resource ID
>        // Select the secondary database....
>        $dbb_conn =
> mysql_connect('hostname_b','username_b','password_b') or
> die(mysql_error());
>        $dbb_db = mysql_select_db('database_b',$dbb_conn);
>        $r = mysql_query($sql,$dbb_conn) or die(mysql_error());
>        return $r;
> }
>
> $sql = "SELECT field1,field2,field3,field4 FROM table_a";
> $result = dba_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
> while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
>    $ssql = "INSERT INTO table_b(field1,field2,field3,field4)
>        VALUES(
>            '".$row['field1']."',
>            '".$row['field2']."',
>            '".$row['field3']."',
>            '".$row['field4']."'
>        }";
>    dbb_query($ssql) or die(mysql_error());
> }
> ?>
>
>    If you decide to go that route, I recommend subscribing to the
> PHP-DB list at http://php.net/mailinglists (referred to there as
> "Databases and PHP").  You should see a significant gain in
> performance using a native client as opposed to what you're now using
> (probably an ODBC DSN, MyODBC, or a JDBC hack).
>
> --
> </Daniel P. Brown>
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