G'day Ben, At 14:06 19/03/02 +0000, you wrote: >I just realized what might be going on. I struggled with the same >thing a couple years ago and learned that if I wanted the load to be >bullet-proof I had to massage the import file with a utility to search >and replace troublesome text and replace the delimeter with a >vertical bar '|' > >No quotes - single or double >No Parens >No commas >No Apostrophes >The utility I use replaces these with null (deletes them). It's >freeware and can be called from the command line (zip).
That might yet be of invaluable assistance. WHERED'YAGETIT? >Because spaces (yes, spaces) can also be a problem, before >loading the file I set space to "~" and delimit to "|", since the >delimeter is all that counts. Changing the space setting may solve >the problem because they were being seen (or used) as a >delimeter and mucking up my field order. > >This has worked flawlessly for a couple years a several sites. But I >do get an occasional complaint that O'brian became Obrian :( Hmmmm... That would be the rock it perishes on for general use but for specific problems it would be useful to have. Warmest regards, Tom Grimshaw coy: Just For You Software tel: 612 9552 3311 fax: 612 9566 2164 mobile: 0414 675 903 post: PO Box 470 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia street: 3/66 Wentworth Park Rd Glebe NSW 2037 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.just4usoftware.com.au This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential to the intended recipient and may be privileged. If you have received this email inadvertently or you are not the intended recipient, you may not disseminate, distribute, copy or in any way rely on it. Further, you should notify the sender immediately and delete the email from your computer. Whilst we have taken precautions to alert us to the presence of computer viruses, we cannot guarantee that this email and any files transmitted with it are free from such viruses. ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
