I know how to define and manipulate rectangular regions in emacs yet I'm not getting the results I need appending two columns to build a testing database.
Using factory I created lists of SSNs, names, and addreses. Now I want to combine the SSNs and names, row-by-row, as they're in the same database table. Here are short versions of the lists ssn.dat: (155-02-5827, (795-61-4130, (833-38-7251, (302-37-0777, (360-19-8292, names.dat: Richard Chen); James Peterson); Dana Brown); Misty Mills); James Swanson); When I select the names and mark the rectangle for copying (C-x r M-w), then yank them in the ssn.dat file the first name is appended to the first ssn, but the rest of the names are placed between the second and last ssns in the list. I'm sure there's a way of appending each name to its ssn but I've not found it in my web searches. Help's appreciated, Rich
