> The Database is called wald_data and the fields are:-
>         f_name          varchar(30) not null,
>         t_name          varchar(120) not null,
>         sub_p           varchar(120) not null,
>         sub_g           varchar(120) not null,
>         date            varchar(30) not null
> 
> The format of the text file is:-
> 
> 10_110.htm
> Photo Title: McDonald, Fran
> Date: 1897-12
> Subject (photograph): portrait
> Subject (geographic): Antigonish
> Description: Picture of Woman.

what parsing language or tools do you want to use ?

shell script :
#!/bin/bash
f_name=`grep ".htm" <your_text_file>`
t_name=`grep "Photo Title:" <your_text_file> | cut -d":" -f 2`
date=`grep "Date:" <your_text_file> | cut -d":" -f 2`
sub_p=`grep "(photograph):" <your_text_file> | cut -d":" -f 2`
sub_g=`grep "(geographic):" <your_text_file> | cut -d":" -f 2`

mysql -e 'insert into wald_data values 
("$f_name","$t_name","$sub_p","$sub_g","$date")' -u<user> -p<your_password> DB_NAME

-- 
Let's call it an accidental feature.
        -- Larry Wall
 
MySQL 3.23.51 : up 32 days, Queries : 354.257 per second (avg).

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