Re: Fixed width alternative to TEXT type field?

2002-09-27 Thread Gary Traffanstedt
On Thursday 26 September 2002 11:16 pm, Jeremy Zawodny scribbled something about: > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 11:24:14AM -0700, Gary Traffanstedt wrote: > > sql,query > > > > I have a table that has approximately 40 colums and all but 1 of > > them I have been able to

Re: Fixed width alternative to TEXT type field?

2002-09-26 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 11:24:14AM -0700, Gary Traffanstedt wrote: > sql,query > > I have a table that has approximately 40 colums and all but 1 of > them I have been able to make fixed width. The sole hold out is of > the type "TEXT" and needs to be able to hold approx

Fixed width alternative to TEXT type field?

2002-09-26 Thread Gary Traffanstedt
sql,query I have a table that has approximately 40 colums and all but 1 of them I have been able to make fixed width. The sole hold out is of the type "TEXT" and needs to be able to hold approximately 1000 characters. The reason why I want it to be a fixed width field is for

Re: Importing fixed-width delimited large text files?

2001-11-01 Thread Carl Troein
Damned filter. Anything quoted once is my post. Grrr... > database,sql,query,table > Erica Douglass writes: > > > I have a text file that is fixed-width delimited (that is, fields are > > delimited by certain column widths.) > > > > What is the workaround for

Importing fixed-width delimited large text files?

2001-11-01 Thread Erica Douglass
I have a text file that is fixed-width delimited (that is, fields are delimited by certain column widths.) I have encountered the problem listed in the manual entry for LOAD DATA INFILE as: Fixed-size rows (FIELDS TERMINATED BY and FIELDS ENCLOSED BY both empty) and BLOB or TEXT columns

Re: fixed width

2001-01-18 Thread Matt Wagner
phiLLip maDDux II writes: > Hello, > > I am working on loading data into a table from a text file. I've read > the documentation on the LOAD DATA command. But I noticed that it only > works with some kind of delimited file. Is there any way to load a > fixed width file

fixed width

2001-01-18 Thread phiLLip maDDux II
Hello, I am working on loading data into a table from a text file. I've read the documentation on the LOAD DATA command. But I noticed that it only works with some kind of delimited file. Is there any way to load a fixed width file??? Thanks in advance! ph