Let’s say you have a store table in your database and you want to get the first letter of each store’s name. So you can create a menu by first letter of each store name and not having a letter that contains no stores.
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$stores = $this->Store->find('all',array( 'order'=>'name ASC',
'fields'=>'DISTINCT(UPPER(LEFT(name,1))) AS letter',
'conditions'=>array("UPPER(LEFT(name,1)) REGEXP '[A-Z]'")));
Sometimes a client requires you to import some data from an excel sheet to mysql. You can do it by hand if there are only a few records. However, if there are a few hundred records, you need some kind of script to do this. I had this same problem. So i wrote something in autoit and thought i might share it. The script itself it very simple and very easy to modify.
You need to download and install autoit before you can run this. I could just give you the executable, but no one would download it and no one should. Besides the script is very specific and is meant to be modified to suit your need.
here the file in case wordpress butchers my script.
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#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <Excel.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
#Include <Date.au3>
;file picker
$excelFile = FileOpenDialog("Select an excel file",@DesktopDir,"Excel (*.xls)" ,1+2)
If Not @error Then
;create main window
$mainGui = GUICreate("Importing",350,150)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
$status = GUICtrlCreateEdit("Begin importing",10,10,330,130,$ES_AUTOVSCROLL+$ES_AUTOHSCROLL+$ES_MULTILINE+$ES_READONLY)
addStatus("File selected:"&$excelFile)
doExport($excelFile)
Else
MsgBox(0,"Error","Error opening file")
Exit
EndIf
While 1
$msg = GUIGetMsg()
If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
WEnd
GUIDelete()
Func doExport($file)
$fpExcel = _ExcelBookOpen($file,0,1)
If @error = 1 Then
addStatus("Unable to Create the Excel Object")
Exit
ElseIf @error = 2 Then
addStatus("File does not exist - Shame on you!")
Exit
Else
addStatus("File open successfully")
EndIf
$done = False
$i = 2
While Not $done
;read a row from excel file
$excelArray = _ExcelReadArray($fpExcel,$i,1,9,0,0)
If $excelArray[0] <> "" Then
addStatus("reading Row " & $i)
;insert into sql file
arrayToSql($excelArray)
Else
addStatus("Finsihed reading excel file")
addStatus($i-2 & " rows converted into sql statement")
$done = True
EndIf
$i += 1
WEnd
_ExcelBookClose($fpExcel)
EndFunc
Func arrayToSql($array)
;save sql file to desktop
$sqlFile = FileOpen(@DesktopDir&"/ExcelToSql-"&@MDAY&"-"&@MON&"-"&@YEAR&".sql",1+8)
$sqlStatement = "INSERT INTO `_products` (`int_id`, `product_type`, `title`, `description`, `synopsis`, `publication_date`, `price`, `categories`, `list`, `type_id`, `processed`, `write_err`) VALUES ("
$sqlStatement &= "'"& escapeString($array[0]) & "'," ;int_id
$sqlStatement &= "'"& escapeString($array[1]) & "'," ;product_type
$sqlStatement &= "'"& escapeString($array[2]) & "'," ;title
$sqlStatement &= "'"& escapeString($array[3]) & "'," ;description
$sqlStatement &= "'"& escapeString($array[4]) & "'," ;synopsis
$sqlStatement &= "'"& toExcelDate($array[5]) & "'," ;date
$sqlStatement &= "'"& escapeString($array[6]) & "'," ;price
$sqlStatement &= "'"& escapeString($array[7]) & "'," ;category
$sqlStatement &= "'"& escapeString($array[8]) & "'," ;list
$sqlStatement &= "'','N','N'"
$sqlStatement &= ");"
FileWriteLine($sqlFile,$sqlStatement)
FileClose($sqlFile)
EndFunc
Func escapeString($string)
;replace anything that is not a number, letter or common punctuation
$string = StringRegExpReplace($string,"[^0-9a-zA-Z.,\\/\!@#$%\^\&\*\(\)\-_\+=\h<>]","")
;escape single quote
$string = StringRegExpReplace($string,"[']","\'")
Return $string
EndFunc
Func toExcelDate($dateString)
$yearString = StringMid($dateString,1,4)
$monthString = StringMid($dateString,5,2)
$dayString = StringMid($dateString,7,2)
return $dayString&"-"&StringMid(_DateToMonth($monthString,1),1,3)&"-"&$yearString
EndFunc
Func addStatus($text)
GUICtrlSetData($status,@CRLF&$text,1)
EndFunc