Import Large Amounts
My client has a large database in MS Access. I need to put a section of this (approximately 900 rows) into MySQL to be displayed on a website.
The thing is, every month I will be resupplied with updated data, which will need to replace the data that is currently in the SQL database.
I am operating on a Mac and they've given it to me as an EXCEL spreadsheet, which I am trying to import into MYSQL using phpMyADmin with no luck.
I've tried exporting from EXCEL to various formats, such as CSV, but I can't seem to get it to import into the MySQL database
Does anyone know what I can do? I need it to be relatively simple so that every month I can simply reimport the new data.
Is there some trick to importing the data from EXCEL, or should I ask the client to supply the data from MS Access in a different format.
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