Hi
There are two programs that you can use for check the diferences
between both files:
1) Meld
2) Kdiff3
Both programs are in the Ubuntu repository.
Regards,
Jorge Rodríguez
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El vie, 05-08-2011 a las 19:50 -0300, Preston Smith escribió:
> Hi,
>
> Hopefully someone can help me out.
>
> I maintain in Calc the regional section of a National membership file of
> Alumni. There are about 650 members in my regional Calc file.
>
> Each record is keyed to an unique College number and consists of about
> 26 fields of data including First/Last names, address, telephone number,
> etc. On a monthly basis, the national office sends me a 'pull' in Excel
> format from their national database. Since changes, additions, and
> deletions are not annotated by National, I have to manually compare each
> record in the latest listing with the appropriate record in my files. As
> you can imagine, doing this manually takes a long time when there are
> about 650 records involved.
>
> Assuming that the Column headers are the same in both files (not
> necessarily in the same order), is there a way that I can compare the
> two files to create a listing by College Number of fields that do not
> agree, and records that have been deleted or added?
>
> I am computer savvy but failed programming miserably so I need the input
> of the many smart people on this list. I do follow instructions well so
> could be led by the nose to create what is required.
>
> Thank you for your patience and help
>
> Preston
>
>
>
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Atentamente,
Jorge Rodríguez
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