Advice on importing text programatically

I'm new to this, please bear with me.
I need to build a system that among many other things, will allow the user to import (upload) a text file and then subsequently insert/update the appropriate application tables.
I have read the documentation about uploading files, but I am not clear about best practices for parsing the the rows of the text file and updating my tables.
Is this this a difficult task? Is there a tutorial or perhaps some examples that are available (on OTN, or if someone could share with me?)
Thanks,
David

AppleMan gave you some great advice.
I have used a similar procedure. Look at the Canopus ADVC300. Audio and Video go in, FireWire comes out. It also comes with a nice Macintosh application that works flawlessly with iMovie 06 and iDVD 08 (I have used it with iMovie 08 a few times too).
The program that comes with the ADVC300 has some nice filters that can improve video and audio of the source material. The ADVC300 will take Audio and Video from any source and convert it to FireWire (iMovie will treat it like a camera).
http://www.canopus.com/products/ADVC300/index.php
I have also found that I got better quality with iMovie 06 than iMovie 08.
iMovie 08 uses single-field processing. This means every other horizontal line of the video is thrown out, which reduces the sharpness of the footage.
If your primary workflow is editing DV clips and making DVDs, iMovie '06 is better suited. Your movie will arrive at iDVD in DV format, which is an ideal match for making a DVD: same resolution, same pixels aspect ratio, and original quality. If you share your movie from iMovie '08, it gets re-rendered at 640x480 or less, and then iDVD upscales it back to 720x480. The end result is obviously not as good.
iMovie 06 is a free download to iLife 08 owners. (THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE IT!)
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/imovieHD6.html

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