Re: using orgtbl-sqlinsert

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

A very quiet "bump", to see if anyone knows how to handle this...

> I've got a table I'm trying to insert into a sqlite database. I've been
> looking at orgtbl-sqlinsert and this page[fn:1], but I suspect all that
> is out of date. I haven't seen anyone talking about #+ORGTBL: keywords,
> or things like "#+BEGIN RECEIVE ORGTBL exsql" in the past year or so.
>
> Do those still work? I can't for the life of me get it to do anything.
> I've got a sqlite database called "market.sqlite" in the same directory
> as a file containing this:
>
> #+TBLNAME: terms
> #+ORGTBL: SEND market.sqlite orgtbl-to-sqlinsert :sqlname "terms"
> | Chinese          | English                            |
> |------------------+------------------------------------|
> | 音像制品出版     | A/V Publishing                     |
> | 定价总金额       | Aggregate Retail Price             |
> (etc)
>
> I've tried C-c C-c on that header, calling
> `org-babel-execute-src-block', waving my fingers at it, and cursing
> loudly, one of which usually works. But I get no error, no insertion
> into the database, and no results block with INSERT statements (I tried
> making a #+BEGIN RECEIVE ORGTBL marketdb.sqlite block as noted on worg).
>
> Does this still work? Or is it still possible to jimmy orgtbl-sqlinsert
> to either insert directly, or create a block of INSERT statements?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Footnotes:
>
> [fn:1] http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/multitarget-tables.html