On Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:51:53 AM UTC-5, Jeremy Evans wrote: > > On Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:17:16 AM UTC-7, Kartik Rustagi wrote: >> >> While to_csv function is great if my data is not having commas but the >> ability to mention the separator explicitly will be great. Is there a way >> to output a Dataset in a tab separated csv? >> Right now I have no other means to do this other than to iterate through >> each entry generating a string using tab as separator and this is extremely >> slow. >> >> Any help will be greatly appreciated. >> > > Dataset#to_csv is really for backwards compatibility only, as it doesn't > even use a real csv library. I don't see how iterating through the > entries yourself could be slower, as that is what Dataset#to_csv does. > Look at the source code of the method ( > https://github.com/jeremyevans/sequel/blob/master/lib/sequel/dataset/actions.rb#L553 > ). > > I'll consider adding support for a different separator if I see some > community support behind this proposal. So if other users here want this > feature, please speak up. > > Thanks, > Jeremy >
Or use FasterCSV which will quote any fields that include the separator. https://gist.github.com/2727033 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sequel-talk" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sequel-talk/-/v552K2Zzc1gJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sequel-talk?hl=en.
