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  • Subject: Re: asdbget CVS Update
  • From: "Jason M. Felice" <jasonf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 16:34:12 -0500

On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 07:28:44AM -0500, Linux Server wrote:
> Just curious... What exactly is CSV?  How could I use this in production?
> 
> Mike Everidge,
> IS Director
> Lakeway Regional Hosp
> 

Hmm, CSV isn't mentioned in the post you are replying to.  I can only assume
you mean the CSV file format, as in Comma Seperated Variable.  Looks something
like this:

"Hello",4,"Testing another string",-999

Required for import into some applications, but otherwise not recommended
since it's too ambiguous.  What happens if a quote appears in the text?  Some
programs double the quote, some put a backslash in front of it and backslashify
the rest of the string, etc.  Some programs don't handle commas in strings
well either.

I would prefer tab-delimited format.  The chances of you finding a tab in an
AS/400 file (and the file isn't corrupt) is next to nil.

-Jay 'Eraserhead' Felice
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