Re: Pipes instead of tabs

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18581
interpreted = N
texte = >Is there anyway to make WebCatalog recognize pipes(|) instead of tabs in >database delimination?Not right now, because a pipe is NOT a standard delimiter as far as text-based database files are concerned. The industry standards for delimitation of database fields in text files are tabs or commas ... but you can easily use BBEdit or Tex-Edit to replace all the pipes with tabs in your database, then you will have a format that WebCatalog (and nearly every other database program in the world) can use directly, or import ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Pipes instead of tabs (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  2. Re: Pipes instead of tabs (Steve Rosenbaum 1998)
  3. Pipes instead of tabs (josh 1998)
  4. Re: Pipes instead of tabs (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  5. Re: Pipes instead of tabs (PCS Technical Support 1998)
>Is there anyway to make WebCatalog recognize pipes(|) instead of tabs in >database delimination?Not right now, because a pipe is NOT a standard delimiter as far as text-based database files are concerned. The industry standards for delimitation of database fields in text files are tabs or commas ... but you can easily use BBEdit or Tex-Edit to replace all the pipes with tabs in your database, then you will have a format that WebCatalog (and nearly every other database program in the world) can use directly, or import ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Kenneth Grome

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