This is a fast way to load data. sqlite3.exe C:\\Your Dir\\dbname.db <C:\\your dir\\sqlite.txt Where sqlite.txt is: .separator ' ' .import c:\\your dir\\data.txt tablename
The separator is a tab. Data.txt is tab delimited data. -----Original Message----- From: sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org [mailto:sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org] On Behalf Of Paul Sanderson Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 2:32 AM To: General Discussion of SQLite Database Subject: Re: [sqlite] populating a table as quickly as possible Currently ading 5000 at a time, will try increasing to 20 and 50K and see what happens. Just one table - but interesting On 4 February 2013 18:24, Dominique Pellé <dominique.pe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Paul Sanderson wrote: > > > I want to populate a large table (millions of rows) as quickly as > possible, > > > > The data set will not be operated on until the table is fully > > populated > and > > if the operation fails I will be starting again. the operation is a > > one > off > > and the table will not be added to at a future date. > > > > What are optimisations will work best for me? > > > Do you have only 1 table to populate or several tables? > > If you have several tables, you could consider this: > > * put your tables in different databases; > > * perform the INSERT in different processes (1 per > database) so tables can be populated in parallel; > > * wait for all processes to finish; > > * ATTACH all databases, so it it behaves as > a single database. > > Dominique > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > -- Paul www.sandersonforensics.com skype: r3scue193 twitter: @sandersonforens Tel +44 (0)1326 572786 _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
