Re: READFILE command?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 16211
interpreted = N
texte = >>>>Could someone help me find the command(s) needed to read in the lines of>a>>>>file one line at a time.>>>>>>There is no mechanism for reading files one line at a time; I guess you>could treat the file as a database with just one field, and pull it in that>way.>>>>...making sure to end each line with a real carriage return instead of>using a soft-wrapped block of text ... :)>>I think this is a legitimate request, as there are a lot of companies that>still (believe it or not) use UNIX accounting systems that only output as>fixed-format files, and we still need the ability to use these files to>update or replace our product databases on a regular, scheduled basis...I use Panorama all the time to deal with these UNIX files. But I don't have to, because WebCat's [getchars] context will extract the correct string of characters from a UNIX record without my Panorama pre-processing.Sincerely,Ken Gromeken@iav.com808-737-6499WebDNA Solutionshttp://webdna.net/
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>>>>Could someone help me find the command(s) needed to read in the lines of>a>>>>file one line at a time.>>>>>>There is no mechanism for reading files one line at a time; I guess you>could treat the file as a database with just one field, and pull it in that>way.>>>>...making sure to end each line with a real carriage return instead of>using a soft-wrapped block of text ... :)>>I think this is a legitimate request, as there are a lot of companies that>still (believe it or not) use UNIX accounting systems that only output as>fixed-format files, and we still need the ability to use these files to>update or replace our product databases on a regular, scheduled basis...I use Panorama all the time to deal with these UNIX files. But I don't have to, because WebCat's
[getchars] context will extract the correct string of characters from a UNIX record without my Panorama pre-processing.Sincerely,Ken Gromeken@iav.com808-737-6499WebDNA Solutionshttp://webdna.net/
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