[TYPO3-mvc] Import Script Problems

[Franz Koch]

Hi Nicolas,

>> how did you solve it in the end? I'm currently also in need of a import
>> script and I'm not sure if I should do it the "Extbase way" using
>> objects and a lot of SQL overhead or just good old PHP/SQL.
>
> I got a project that makes heavy use of external data(csv files/
> webservices) that needs to be imported/update regulary.
> Currently I  am doing the extbase way, and it works quite well - around 20k
> relations in a few seconds. If performance is really an issue, there is
> nothing against a high speed plain SQL importer..
>
> For a single initial import I would go for plain sql but for regular imports
> the extbase way seems way more maintainable to me.

Thanks for your input. Can you tell me how take care of updating objects 
properly and especially how you create new objects? Do you simply create 
a new instance and fill it with the according setters, or do you use 
dataMapper->map for this? I fear mapping might not work as I don't have 
a UID yet - so I suppose I have to do it by calling the setters? Same I 
think for updating.

Reason why I'm asking is, that I intended to make the CSV files mappable 
to the object properties and thus would have to dynamically build the 
setter-names (which is of course not a problem, but a bit more work).

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kind regards,
Franz Koch