Re: Renaming DB fields

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texte = Thanks, Joe.I was afraid I may need to take this approach. Thanks for the detailed explanation... a big help and much appreciated!Brian>>I have a database file that was exported from Excel in tab-delimited>>format. I want to be able to change the names of the fields and also add>>another field to those that exist already. Can I do this easily with a>>WebCat command/context? (I'm using WebCat 3.0.7, WebStar 4.2 and MacOS)>>We do something like this... If you can export the excel file without >the field names as tab separated separated values. Put you field >names in a .hdr file and in the same order that they appear in the >exported file. Tack your additional field onto the end of the .hdr >record and then it doesn't matter what the names of the fields are in >the excel database... you just have to have the order correct.>>Then upload the exported file to some known place on your site. We >use a folder named uploadeddatabases and our uploaded file is named >export.txt.>>Then do this:>>[closedatabase db=uploadeddatabases/export.txt]>[closedatabase db=members.db]>>[writefile members.db][include file=uploadeddatabases/export.txt][/writefile]>>This works well for a membership database that is actually maintained >by the client on a desktop computer. He uploads the desktop database >to the server from time to time. Note that if you put data in that >additional field you are talking about, this system will overwrite >that data. You'd have to make a more involved system to be able to >re-import from time to time and still maintain that additional data. >If that's important, you could put it in a second database and like >it by SKU or some other unique identifier.-------------------------------------------------------------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://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Renaming DB fields (Brian Wachter 2000)
Re: Renaming DB fields (Joseph D'Andrea 2000)
Renaming DB fields (Brian Wachter 2000)

Thanks, Joe.I was afraid I may need to take this approach. Thanks for the detailed explanation... a big help and much appreciated!Brian>>I have a database file that was exported from Excel in tab-delimited>>format. I want to be able to change the names of the fields and also add>>another field to those that exist already. Can I do this easily with a>>WebCat command/context? (I'm using WebCat 3.0.7, WebStar 4.2 and MacOS)>>We do something like this... If you can export the excel file without >the field names as tab separated separated values. Put you field >names in a .hdr file and in the same order that they appear in the >exported file. Tack your additional field onto the end of the .hdr >record and then it doesn't matter what the names of the fields are in >the excel database... you just have to have the order correct.>>Then upload the exported file to some known place on your site. We >use a folder named uploadeddatabases and our uploaded file is named >export.txt.>>Then do this:>>[closedatabase db=uploadeddatabases/export.txt]>[closedatabase db=members.db]>>[writefile members.db][include file=uploadeddatabases/export.txt][/writefile]>>This works well for a membership database that is actually maintained >by the client on a desktop computer. He uploads the desktop database >to the server from time to time. Note that if you put data in that >additional field you are talking about, this system will overwrite >that data. You'd have to make a more involved system to be able to >re-import from time to time and still maintain that additional data. >If that's important, you could put it in a second database and like >it by SKU or some other unique identifier.-------------------------------------------------------------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://search.smithmicro.com/ Brian Wachter

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