Re: CSV file with a header

Pat Barber wrote:

I have been asked to create a CSV file to send to an outside
company.

They sent me a standard file layout and I created the file just
fine using a file transfer request using Access.

Got a note back and now they want a "header" record inserted as the first record of the file. This header record is nothing but
column heading with descriptions.

Since the file has fixed field lengths, I can't just put a dummy
record there to create this stupid header.

I need to be able to store the CSV header record somewhere and
copy it as the first record on each file transfer.

Any ideas.

FWiW I have an example of a recursive CTE querying data in QADBIFLD [probably better to use the SYSCOLUMNS catalog VIEW] which easily could be modified to generate a row of data that matches the desired\required CSV formatting. The query could be encapsulated in a VIEW, or possibly in a program, to dynamically generate the /header/ record for a particular file, rather than [creating "by hand" and] storing it somewhere. As a VIEW, if using CPYTOIMPF for the data rows, a first CPYTOIMPF request against the VIEW using MBROPT(*REPLACE) could precede the CPYTOIMPF of the row data using MBROPT(*ADD).
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Regards, Chuck

Regards, Chuck