Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software
bchacc at san.rr.com
Tue Oct 11 18:35:29 CDT 2005
I would guess that means no field names in the first row. Rocky ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Colby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] CSV with no header > In the end, I don't get to choose. This is a government export for PlanD > of > the Medicare system (or something like that). The gov says "these fields, > in this format". The only problem is that they simply say "csv with no > header". What does that mean exactly? > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: > http://folding.stanford.edu/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart > McLachlan > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 5:36 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] CSV with no header > > > On 11 Oct 2005 at 10:46, Jim Moss wrote: > >> If I had commas within strings, then I would select another delimiter >> like a |. I think that you can set that up in a specification. >> >> > > > In the Access Import/ExportText wizards you can specify any delimiter you > like and also specify whether to quote strings. One problem is when > strings themselves contain quotes :-( > > > I prefer to use Tab delimited files. That way fields can contain > commas,single/double quotes etc. Tabs are a widely accepted > "standard"delimiter, you can specift Tab delimited as a Save format in > Excel and can also select Tab as the delimiter in ImportText/ExportText > specifications in Access. If you are building your own file with Print#, > it's easy to throw in a Chr$(9) and not have to worry about what > characters > are in the strings. > > > > > > > > -- > Stuart > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >