No suggestions on this one? > I am trying to extract data from a textfile database, using <CFHTTP>. > The problem I am running into is that there are null fields in the > textfile database and CFHTTP is then counting two fields as one (tab > seperated). For example, in my textfile there will be something like > this: > > field1 field2 field3 > data data data > data data > data data data > > I am getting an Incorrect number of columns error, because coldfusion > is missing the null field and counting only 2 fields for the second > row of data. Has anyone else come accross this, or have any > suggestions? I have considered using the replace function on the > variable and replacing all double tabs with a tab<space>tab. But this > to me seems like a poor work around. > > I am using <CFHTTP url="#pathtofile#" columns="field1,field2,field3" > firstrowasheaders="yes" delimiter="tab"></CFHTTP> > > David Critchley
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