RE: merging 2 .csv files

Thanks Jon,

I'll try to work my way through your suggestion.

I'm probably reading your last suggestion wrong, but didn't you already create a handler for 'Long names' . This was the route I was going to take, but I don't think I can have a period in the Long name

Mike


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Subject: Re: merging 2 .csv files

If you look at the code for my csv input handler I think I implemented a scheme that used an array lookup to allow the column headings to dictate the sequence of the data if it did not match the layout of the "file" you wanted. That approach could be used here.

The most versatile way to handle this would be to have a twinned array of column name and corresponding heading name passed in as the part of the user parameter and then using a first time switch to build an output the corresponding set of column headings.

So the basic flow just becomes:

For each field in the record:

First record?
Lookup column name and add corresponding column header and comma to the heading buffer.

Add column data and comma to the record buffer.

All fields processed?
First record?
Output heading buffer
Set first record flag off
Output buffer followed by line end.

Been meaning to write this up for a while - maybe I'll get round to it now!

Another option - probably not for you - might be to add long names (i.e. the column headings) to the record template file (i.e.the one used in the program) then use the sys tables to retrieve the matching names instead of an array lookup.

Hope this helps.


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On Dec 29, 2016, at 9:00 AM, Smith, Mike <Mike_Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have been away for a couple of days, but it looks like I need to take a look at something like this, however the link to the file on IPRODEVELOPER doesn't work. Do you have access to this, that you could provide me?

Maybe there is a simpler solution for what I need to do.

I'm creating a .CSV file using an ifs open access hander from Jon Paris, however the headings are an issue due to requirements from the vendor.
For example headings may be something like "Customer.TelephoneNumber"
I don't believe there is a way for me to make a field name like this, so I was trying to get around it, but placing the Heading values in a file, and create a .csv and then merge the 2.

Any thoughts?

Mike

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Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2016 10:11 AM
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Subject: Re: merging 2 .csv files

I like Scotts ADDTOR4 solution.

http://iprodeveloper.com/print/rpg-programming/append-records-one-ifs-
file-another
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