batch query on mySQL

Sorry for the trivial question, but... I have two quick questions.

I have a document with words that are in a database, and some of the
words may not be there, and others may have multiple entries. I
understand that there is a way of doing batch query that makes is much
faster. Can someone tell me what the command is.


I am basically looking up a bunch of words (may end up being phrases)
that have associated values with them. Is there a better way of doing
this than a mySql?

Thanks in advance for all your replies.

Esfandiar
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Esfandiar Bandari, PhD, MBA
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Esfandiar Bandari wrote:
> Sorry for the trivial question, but... I have two quick questions.
>
> I have a document with words that are in a database, and some of the
> words may not be there, and others may have multiple entries. I
> understand that there is a way of doing batch query that makes is much
> faster. Can someone tell me what the command is.
>
>
> I am basically looking up a bunch of words (may end up being phrases)
> that have associated values with them. Is there a better way of doing
> this than a mySql?
>
> Thanks in advance for all your replies.
>
> Esfandiar
> --
> Esfandiar Bandari, PhD, MBA
> e.bandari@cantab.net, e.bandari@gmail.com
> skype: ebbandari & gtalk: e.bandari
> H. (650) 964-4154 Cell: (650) 862-8351
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/ebandari


What is the format of the document? Text? Word? Excel? These are all
relevant to the question. What platform (Windows? Unix/Linux?) - this
also matters as you can get very different answers for each platform

if they are in a text/ascii format
[EXAMPLE:
word1
phrase one
more
phrase three
]

load these into a temporary table in the db then look at FULL-TEXT SEARCH

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/...-language.html

or roll your own using like...