01-07-2013
Any DBAs around with some spare disk space?
Use a DB server. Create a single column table with a unique index on that column. Insert each line as a row into the table, ignoring duplicate entry failures. Export the data.
Might not be super fast, but it'll be faster than any script. And it's easy.
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
db2_special_columns
DB2_SPECIAL_COLUMNS(3) 1 DB2_SPECIAL_COLUMNS(3)
db2_special_columns - Returns a result set listing the unique row identifier columns for a table
SYNOPSIS
resource db2_special_columns (resource $connection, string $qualifier, string $schema, string $table_name, int $scope)
DESCRIPTION
Returns a result set listing the unique row identifier columns for a table.
PARAMETERS
o $connection
- A valid connection to an IBM DB2, Cloudscape, or Apache Derby database.
o $qualifier
- A qualifier for DB2 databases running on OS/390 or z/OS servers. For other databases, pass NULL or an empty string.
o $schema
- The schema which contains the tables.
o $table_name
- The name of the table.
o $scope
- Integer value representing the minimum duration for which the unique row identifier is valid. This can be one of the following
values:
+--------------+--------------------------------------+---+
|Integer value | | |
| | | |
| | SQL constant | |
| | | |
| | Description | |
| | | |
+--------------+--------------------------------------+---+
| 0 | | |
| | | |
| | SQL_SCOPE_CURROW | |
| | | |
| | Row identifier is valid only while | |
| | the cursor is positioned on the row. | |
| | | |
| 1 | | |
| | | |
| | SQL_SCOPE_TRANSACTION | |
| | | |
| | Row identifier is valid for the | |
| | duration of the transaction. | |
| | | |
| 2 | | |
| | | |
| | SQL_SCOPE_SESSION | |
| | | |
| | Row identifier is valid for the | |
| | duration of the connection. | |
| | | |
+--------------+--------------------------------------+---+
RETURN VALUES
Returns a statement resource with a result set containing rows with unique row identifier information for a table. The rows are composed
of the following columns:
+------------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Column name | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| SCOPE | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | box, tab (|); c | c | c | . T{ Integer |
| | value |
| | |
| | SQL constant |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 0 | |
| | |
| | SQL_SCOPE_CURROW |
| | |
| | Row identifier is valid only while the cursor is |
| | positioned on the row. |
| | |
| 1 | |
| | |
| | SQL_SCOPE_TRANSACTION |
| | |
| | Row identifier is valid for the duration of the |
| | transaction. |
| | |
| 2 | |
| | |
| | SQL_SCOPE_SESSION |
| | |
| | Row identifier is valid for the duration of the |
| | connection. |
| | |
+------------+---------------------------------------------------+
T} T{ COLUMN_NAME
T} |T{ Name of the unique column.
T} T{ DATA_TYPE
T} |T{ SQL data type for the column.
T} T{ TYPE_NAME
T} |T{ Character string representation of the SQL data type for the column.
T} T{ COLUMN_SIZE
T} |T{ An integer value representing the size of the column.
T} T{ BUFFER_LENGTH
T} |T{
Maximum number of bytes necessary to store data from this column.
T} T{ DECIMAL_DIGITS
T} |T{
The scale of the column, or NULL where scale is not applicable.
T} T{ NUM_PREC_RADIX
T} |T{
An integer value of either 10 (representing an exact numeric data type), 2 (representing an approximate numeric data type), or NULL (rep-
resenting a data type for which radix is not applicable).
T} T{ PSEUDO_COLUMN
T} |T{ Always returns 1.
T}
SEE ALSO
db2_column_privileges(3), db2_columns(3), db2_foreign_keys(3), db2_primary_keys(3), db2_procedure_columns(3), db2_procedures(3), db2_sta-
tistics(3), db2_table_privileges(3), db2_tables(3).
PHP Documentation Group DB2_SPECIAL_COLUMNS(3)