Re: READFILE command?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 16213
interpreted = N
texte = >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...Right, so you can treat it as a database which contains a big list of records, and use [GetChars] to extract the exact text offsets from each line. You can use the new .hdr database hint to pretend like there's a fieldname at the top of the file, too.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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>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...Right, so you can treat it as a database which contains a big list of records, and use
[getchars] to extract the exact text offsets from each line. You can use the new .hdr database hint to pretend like there's a fieldname at the top of the file, too.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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