What I do is import the file in a two step process. I first replace
"," with char(9) (tab).
This is because well formed CSV files have all fields set up as
"field value","field value" etc.
The tabs then become my field separators. Any commas within a field
value don't cause
any problems anymore. I also have to do a little clean up to get rid
of the left over double
quotes at the beginning and end of each line.
Stefan
At 08:26 AM 7/7/2008, you wrote:
Yeah, many times. If it is a well formed CSV file all you need to do
is read the CSV file using a file action and assign the file to a
variable. Tokenize that variable using the comma as the separator
character (with all of the attending issues this brings about) and
you have a Witango array ready for processing.
Problems happen when the same number of columns are not in every row
of the CSV file. I also prefer tab delimited files instead of comma
separated because there is less chance that someone has placed a
comma in a numeric field or an address field which throws
tokenization into a cocked hat.
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From: GK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:05 AM
To: witango-talk@witango.com
Subject: Witango-Talk: import excel
Hi. Has anyone implemented an import of an excel or csv file with witango.
Thx
George
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