Generate insert SQL statements from a CSV file

Question

I need to import a csv file into Firebird and I\'ve spent a couple of hours trying out some tools and none fit my needs.

The main problem is that al

Answer 1

I'd do this with awk.

For example, if you had this information in a CSV file:

Bob,New York
Jane,San Francisco
Steven,Boston
Marie,Los Angeles

The following command will give you what you want, run in the same directory as your CSV file (named name-city.csv in this example).

$ awk -F, '{ print "INSERT INTO PERSON (ID, NAME, CITY_ID) VALUES ((SELECT NEW_GUID FROM CREATE_GUID), '\''"$1"'\'', (SELECT CITY_ID FROM CITY WHERE NAME = '\''"$2"'\''))" }' name-city.csv

Type awk --help for more information.