title: Best way to gather, then import data into drupal?
body: <p>I am building my first database driven website with Drupal and I have a few questions.</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>I am currently populating a google docs excel spreadsheet with all of the data I want to eventually be able to query from the website (after it's imported). Is this the best way to start?</p></li>
  <li><p>If this is not the best way to start what would you recommend?</p></li>
  <li><p>My plan is to populate the spreadsheet then import it as a csv into the mysql db via the CCK Node.</p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I've seen two ways to do this.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://drupal.org/node/133705" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://drupal.org/node/133705</a> (importing data into CCK nodes)</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://drupal.org/node/237574" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://drupal.org/node/237574</a> (Inserting data using spreadsheet/csv instead of SQL insert statements)</p>
  
  <p>Basically my question(s) is what is the best way to gather, then import data into drupal?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance for any help, suggestions.</p>