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It depends which application creates the csv. You could also use the
semi-colon as seperator.

Excel (at least the one on my PC) creates csv with semi-colons.

With regards,
Carel Teijgeler

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On 16-7-2010 at 8:40 Jeff Young wrote:

Thanks Eric,
Unfortunatly, this file is being exported from a PC program and the
format can not be changed.
I will have to inform the user that when creating this file, they
can not have
embedded commas in the description.

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I assume that this CSV does not use the convention to quote character
data?  The
"standard" will place ""s around text data, giving you a way to safely
handle
embedded commas in a description field.  However, this leads to issues
with
embedded quote character in text field (ie. "DISPLAY, 24"x10", BLUE",
which now
requires another workaround.  Too many compromises and workarounds, IMO.

I have sometimes tried to convert special characters into something else,
( " ->
in. ) ( ' -> ft.), but this makes the export field longer (can cause
problems),
and other programs might not know that you translated the description,
expecting
to see what's in the database...  More problems, difficult to find and
fix...


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