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9/6/2009 11:02 PM
 
Tom Hudgins

Joined: 9/4/2003
Posts: 35

Hello,

I just installed FnL and I set it up with a couple of text columns and a URL column - no problem. I now need to load a large number of records and I don't want to go through the form - it would take forever. Can I just find the table in the database and load it directly - either with a SQL statement or through SQL Manager? I guess I'm asking if there are any special relationships that I need to worry about or can I just add records to the table?

Anyone got a sample SQL insert statement that lists the table to get me started?

Thanks,

Tom
 
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9/7/2009 6:26 PM
 
Stefan Cullmann


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Joined: 1/6/2005
Posts: 2867

No, you cannot go straight to the table - UDT/FnL stores its content in a serialized form, 3 sql tables are envolved.

You might want to try http://csv2udtimport.codeplex.com/, which converts a csv file into the udt/fnl import format.
 
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9/22/2009 11:55 AM
 
Tom Hudgins

Joined: 9/4/2003
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Stefan,

That worked great! Thanks very much!

Tom
 
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12/29/2009 9:30 AM
 
Chris Mather

Joined: 10/26/2009
Posts: 7

 Thanks Stefan! Since I was importing an employee list of several hundred users that was a major timesaver for me as well!
 
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12/29/2009 10:41 PM
 
Bobby P

Joined: 1/25/2008
Posts: 128

I hope I'm not misunderstanding the question, but I import data into the FnL backend database all the time using SQL. I use the table 'UserDefinedFields' to determine the field IDs and I arrange the data in my Excel spreadsheet so that all the rows match the format of the table 'userDefinedData'. Then it is very easy to load the data into the userDefinedData table. Just make sure to populate the userDefinedRows table first. I've done this to populate the FnL module with up to 8,000 rows of data and it takes minutes. Interaction with the data is perfect! Just keep in mind you can't load NULL values, so be sure to remove those before trying to import.

Robert
 
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