My first suggestion
to you is to read the manuals available in the iBatis download
section.
There is a good
tutorial for starting users of iBatis.
Larry Meadors gave
an example in the java user message thread 1757.
I made a
program that does something like what you want. But it is far to big to include
it in an email.
The steps are as
following.
1) Create a class
containing file information.
2) You can add
a configuration file (dao.xml) for simplicity.
3) In this case,
define a Dao interface for your class. (containg a public void insert(List
yourClassList); method)
4) Add a
yourclass.xml file containg an insert tag with, possibly an iterate tag nested
in it (for speed pupose).
5) Add a SqlMapDao
class implementing the Dao interface created.
6) Add a
sql-map-config.xml file.
7) Initialize the
Dao.
8) Make a class that
reads the file and parses it in the class. It will make a call to
the Dao interface insert method.
Maybe there is an
easy way to copie a file direclty into a table with iBatis, but I never saw
such a thing myself.
If you still have
questions about how to use the framework, I will try to help
you.
Christian Poitras
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal (IRCM)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
