Re: tab deliminated txt file
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 38754
interpreted = N
texte = Pat, I think that is the HTML equivelent???? However, I'm looking forsomething more like what Natai suggested. This is for a database file notsomething directly viewable via http. thanks. I'll try a couple things butI think it is probably something proprietary with the software. I did producea couple deliminated text files and did a find in BBedit for ?. There wasn'tany question marks so I think I'm going to use that and then do a find and replacewith BBedit to get to a Tab Deliminated file.Pat McCormick wrote:> Tab = %09>> You should probably not have tabs anywhere in your fields, though. It> usually means that you're not properly organizing your database and> including more than one fact per field.>> Think about how you've organized the data.>> I'm dealing with a customer database with a prepInstructions field for every> product. The prepInstructions field contains all the steps, including tabs> and carriage returns, so that the field can just be printed on the product> bag.>> Getting those instruction to display properly online is almost impossible.>> It really should be a separate database of steps, and another database to> associate steps with products.>> If you're setting up a new database, and not dealing with legacy stuff, find> a way to reorganize your data so that you don't need tabs. Use table cells> to separate fields into columns.>> Pat-- Donovan D. BrookeSystems Administrator/Assc. Art DirectorEpsen Hillmer GraphicsI know I'm making progress when I look at the questions I haveasked in the past and think to myself... how stupid was that-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Pat, I think that is the HTML equivelent???? However, I'm looking forsomething more like what Natai suggested. This is for a database file notsomething directly viewable via http. thanks. I'll try a couple things butI think it is probably something proprietary with the software. I did producea couple deliminated text files and did a find in BBedit for ?. There wasn'tany question marks so I think I'm going to use that and then do a find and replacewith BBedit to get to a Tab Deliminated file.Pat McCormick wrote:> Tab = %09>> You should probably not have tabs anywhere in your fields, though. It> usually means that you're not properly organizing your database and> including more than one fact per field.>> Think about how you've organized the data.>> I'm dealing with a customer database with a prepInstructions field for every> product. The prepInstructions field contains all the steps, including tabs> and carriage returns, so that the field can just be printed on the product> bag.>> Getting those instruction to display properly online is almost impossible.>> It really should be a separate database of steps, and another database to> associate steps with products.>> If you're setting up a new database, and not dealing with legacy stuff, find> a way to reorganize your data so that you don't need tabs. Use table cells> to separate fields into columns.>> Pat-- Donovan D. BrookeSystems Administrator/Assc. Art DirectorEpsen Hillmer GraphicsI know I'm making progress when I look at the questions I haveasked in the past and think to myself... how stupid was that-------------------------------------------------------------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/
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