I had thought about the quote approach. But does the originating system allow quotes in data elements line name such as John "The Man" Doe. Now you have the same problem with assuming " as a delimiter. The fixed length record does seem to be the best approach.
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Woodhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:59 PM > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Importing legacy patient data > > > There are a number of options, of which tab delimited fields is only > one. You can use quoted fields > > "This is field one","This is field two" > > alternative delimiters (like "^"), or even fixed width fields. Fileman > supports them all. > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
