Re: Re[2]: Strange database format import

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 27786
interpreted = N
texte = On 2/18/00 1:54 pm, jpeacock@univpress.com so noted...>I think that carriage return is actually an artifact of the e-mail. The >fifth >field is Wool Suits, M&B with an embedded comma. This is not something >that a >grep will take care of, unless you use a very sophisticated (i.e. context >sensistive) regular expression.Replacing the return with a quote-return was to catch the very end of each line (the 01/13/00 in this case). The three search/replaces will work for the data formatted as shown, but I think that any session of file munging that takes three passes to do the job is two too many anyway : )Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .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 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Re[2]: Strange database format import (Rob Marquardt 2000)
  2. Re[2]: Strange database format import (jpeacock@univpress.com 2000)
On 2/18/00 1:54 pm, jpeacock@univpress.com so noted...>I think that carriage return is actually an artifact of the e-mail. The >fifth >field is Wool Suits, M&B with an embedded comma. This is not something >that a >grep will take care of, unless you use a very sophisticated (i.e. context >sensistive) regular expression.Replacing the return with a quote-return was to catch the very end of each line (the 01/13/00 in this case). The three search/replaces will work for the data formatted as shown, but I think that any session of file munging that takes three passes to do the job is two too many anyway : )Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .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 Rob Marquardt

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