NAME
recs-todb
recs-todb --help-all
Help from: --help-basic:
Recs to DB will dump a stream of input records into a database you specify. The record fields you want inserted should have the
same keys as the column names in the database, and the records should be key-value pairs.
This script will attempt to create the table, if it is not already present.
--drop Drop the table before running create / insert commands.
--table Name of the table to work with defaults to 'recs'
--debug Print all the executed SQL
--key Can either be a name value pair or just a name. Name value pairs should be fieldName=SQL Type. If
any fields are specified, they will be the only fields put into the db. May be specified multiple
times, may also be comma separated. Type defaults to VARCHAR(255) Keys may be key specs, see '--help-
keyspecs' for more
--filename-key|fk <keyspec> Add a key with the source filename (if no filename is applicable will put NONE)
Help Options:
--help-all Output all help for this script
--help This help screen
--help-keyspecs Help on keyspecs, a way to index deeply and with regexes
Database Options
password - Password to connect as
user - User to connect as
type - Type of database to connect to - Default: sqlite
Datbase types:
mysql - Connect to a remote mysql database
sqlite - A simple local file based db
oracle - Connect to a remote Oracle database
Database Options for type: mysql
dbname - Database to connect to
host - Mysql Host
Database Options for type: sqlite
dbfile - Local file for database - Default: testDb
Database Options for type: oracle
db - Database name (tnsname) to connect to
Examples:
# Just put all the records into the recs table
recs-todb --type sqlite --dbfile testDb --table recs
# Just put description, status, and user into the table, make the records
# the only thing in the DB
recs-todb --dbfile testDb --drop --key status,description=TEXT --key user
Help from: --help-keyspecs:
KEY SPECS
A key spec is short way of specifying a field with prefixes or regular expressions, it may also be nested into hashes and
arrays. Use a '/' to nest into a hash and a '#NUM' to index into an array (i.e. #2)
An example is in order, take a record like this:
{"biz":["a","b","c"],"foo":{"bar 1":1},"zap":"blah1"}
{"biz":["a","b","c"],"foo":{"bar 1":2},"zap":"blah2"}
{"biz":["a","b","c"],"foo":{"bar 1":3},"zap":"blah3"}
In this case a key spec of 'foo/bar 1' would have the values 1,2, and 3 in the respective records.
Similarly, 'biz/#0' would have the value of 'a' for all 3 records
You can also prefix key specs with '@' to engage the fuzzy matching logic
Fuzzy matching works like this in order, first key to match wins
1. Exact match ( eq )
2. Prefix match ( m/^/ )
3. Match anywehre in the key (m//)
So, in the above example '@b/#2', the 'b' portion would expand to 'biz' and 2 would be the index into the array, so all records
would have the value of 'c'
Simiarly, @f/b would have values 1, 2, and 3
You can escape / with a \. For example, if you have a record:
{"foo/bar":2}
You can address that key with foo\/bar
See Also
- RecordStream(3) - Overview of the scripts and the system
- recs-examples(3) - A set of simple recs examples
- recs-story(3) - A humorous introduction to RecordStream
- SCRIPT --help - every script has a --help option, like the output above