Really Slow DB upload (1 reply)

Hey there

We're using Microsoft Access to drop data into MySQL tables (hosted at bluehost.com) which we're later converting into ZenCart data. We're using an ODBC connection.

The original data is being pulled from an inventory management system that was invented by the Amish (as in, it's really almost not technological at all, it's so cumbersome) called GERS. We're not up to speed on the latest build of GERS, so we have to pull our data out in Access and then push it to the site with Access.

Anyway, running the queries from GERS into Access only takes a few minutes, but uploading them takes hours. Not all of the data changes each time, but if we try to compare the table and only append changes it takes a really, really long time. So what we're doing now is deleting the entire table and reuploading all of the data, which is still taking a very long time, but is quicker than the comparison version.

Does anyone have any tips on how to make our uploads go faster? The deleting part of the process takes the longest, which suggests to me that we have something back to front somehow.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Claire