[SPAM-45] Re: cddb to mysql or csv

[Ben Scott]

On 5/28/07, Jim Kuzdrall <gnhlug at intrel.com> wrote:
>     The data is a straight-forward text format.  I would be surprised if
> there were not either a program somewhere ...

  Whenever I encounter a problem of this type, I always hit CPAN,
because that's where problems of this type usually end up.  And sure
enough:

http://search.cpan.org/search?query=CDDB&mode=module

  The "CDDB::File" module looks very appropriate to the original post.

  I find that, even when there isn't code that does what I want, there
is code I can adapt to do what I want.  Even if you're not using Perl,
Perl's reg exp language has become the de facto standard, so you can
borrow that and translate the rest of the syntax.

> But I am a bit leary that CDDB is the wrong approach somehow.

  Now I'm confused.  You started off with asking how to "...convert
the cddb music CD data files to MySQL or a spreadsheet".  That seems
to assume CDDB as a given, which would preclude it from being the
wrong approach.  So, as I just saw Paul do, I think it's time to ask
that ever-popular mailing list question:

  What are you trying to do?

  :-)

-- Ben