The majority of the "garbage" characters I get are from files from clients in other countries where they have entered an upper ASCII code from an accented letter.
In these cases, changing the character to null will make a misspelled name, which is why I have my routine change the character to it's non-accented name. It's not a perfect solution, but it's a happy medium. George > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rex Gozar > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 2:04 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] records with unprintable characters > > > Carl, > > I would also expected that in addition to cleaning up the > data that you have > taken steps to prevent garbage from getting into your files > in the first > place (you do use an input subroutine, right?). A simple test like: ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
