Guys, the OP isn't using MySQL, but MS-SQL.
Not that your solutions don't apply in that case, but it's just a little sloppy to be talking about the wrong database
allthe time ;)
On 5 Jul 2011, at 9:37, Sim Zacks wrote:
> I've done similar things with a plpythonu function.
>
> Basically, import the mysql module, call your select statement and then for each row do a plpy.execute(insert stmt)
>
>
> Sim
>
>
> On 07/05/2011 12:10 AM, Jonathan Brinkman wrote:
>
>> Greetings
>>
>> I'd like to INSERT data into my Postgresql 8.4.8 table directly from an
>> ODBC-linked MS-SQL table or view.
>>
>> I'm looking at using the Cybertec tool "ODBC-LINK"
>> (http://www.cybertec.at/en/postgresql_products/odbc-link) but I'm wondering
>> if there isn't a way to do this through Postgresql directly?
>>
>> I saw a post about someone doing a "SELECT * FROM XXX ODBC SOURCE" or
>> something like that
>> (http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-odbc/2009-07/msg00032.php) and that
>> would be cool. I don't need to import massive datasets, only 20-30K records
>> at a time.
>>
>> Thanks much
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>>
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