Hi Seamus, >I'm reading a txt file which has 3 fields to a line >eg > >14||'Maggin, Elliot S.' >15||'Maine, Charles Eric' >16|1|'McCaffrey, Anne' > >but often the second field is empty > >Lists don't believe an empty field exists so I keep getting errors when I >try to loop over the list to import to a database > >How can I make the list a true believer? (in accepting empty fields?)
Use the replace() function to change the adjacent delimiters pairs to pairs with something you know is a "null" for the relevant field. Say change "||" to "|.|". -- Yours, Kym ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
