Re: CSV import suggestions
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2007
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 69147
interpreted = N
texte = Donovan Brooke wrote: > I don't know why you'd need a perl script!?? WebDNA innately reads > comma separated files.. so you should be able to either change the > suffix to .db (if the rest off the file is formated correctly)... > or maybe route .csv to WebDNA in your webserver, then add .csv as > an acceptable WebDNA database suffix in your prefs. I read his message to mean literally "import a CSV file into a webdna db" by which I assumed he already had the DB and need to add more records from the CSV file. While WebDNA will read CSV, it won't read mixed CSV and tab delimited AFAIK. My suggestion would work for appending to an existing file by changing the '>' to '>>'... John p.s. plus I forgot that WebDNA could read CSV at all... ;-) -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Donovan Brooke wrote: > I don't know why you'd need a perl script!?? WebDNA innately reads > comma separated files.. so you should be able to either change the > suffix to .db (if the rest off the file is formated correctly)... > or maybe route .csv to WebDNA in your webserver, then add .csv as > an acceptable WebDNA database suffix in your prefs. I read his message to mean literally "import a CSV file into a webdna db" by which I assumed he already had the DB and need to add more records from the CSV file. While WebDNA will read CSV, it won't read mixed CSV and tab delimited AFAIK. My suggestion would work for appending to an existing file by changing the '>' to '>>'... John p.s. plus I forgot that WebDNA could read CSV at all... ;-) -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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