Charlie - Are the files small enough that you could load them into a temporary table with a note field? If so then you could use the SRPL function within the note field before you put it in the live table/field.
Sami You Wrote: ---------- Thanks, for the tip but I am actually needing to do this programmatically. I have a temporary file that I am using for some calculations of a container and its objects when my command file it places the value back into the database and deletes the file. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of A. Razzak Memon Posted At: Monday, November 08, 2004 4:38 PM Posted To: RB7-L Conversation: [RBG7-L] - Re: Search and replace in files Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Search and replace in files At 04:31 PM 11/8/2004 -0600, Charlie Parks wrote: >Is there a way to do a search and replace on an external file before >importing it into a database? Charlie, How about opening that file in RBEdit and then [Shift+F7] to Search and Replace using the following features: . Options . Direction . Scope . Origin . Replace All Hope that helps! Very Best R:egards, Razzak. Software Management Specialists 19312 W. 63rd Terr Shawnee, KS 66218 913-915-1971 Fax: 913-962-9431 http://www.softwaremgmt.com _______________________________________________________ Processed by the Software Management Specialists Web Mail Program
