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Re: Standardized Inventory File Format?
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lugnet.db.inv
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Sat, 25 Sep 1999 15:05:05 GMT
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Op een zekere dag, te weten Thu, 23 Sep 1999 13:54:23 GMT, klom
blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) in het toetsenbord en schreef ons:
> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 21:16:23 GMT, "Robert Munafo"
> <munafo@gcctechNO.SPAMcom> wrote:
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> > In lugnet.db.inv, Gary Williams writes:
> > > [...]
> > > Obviously we'd need to agree on a delimiter between fields. Spaces can be
> > > used, but if the color is specified by name, then it couldn't have spaces in
> > > it (e.g. dark gray).
> >
> > I solve that problem by using *3 or more spaces* as the delimiter. If you want
> > to delimit the next field, you must always use at least 3 spaces in a row. This
> > allows things like color names to include spaces and allows for a little human
> > error as well.
>
> Are there many programs that support multi-character delimiters in their
> import function? I'm fairly certain Excel and MS-Access do not. The point
> of making a standard format is to make the data more accessible to
> everyone. Not just coders.
Excel (97) at least can import multi-char delimeters. In the import-window,
you can choose the delimeter (when you don't use the 'every n chars'
function), and there is a checkmark to choose if repeated delimeters should
be recognized as 1.
I don't know about access though. I always use the 'open File$ for input as
#1' method..... 8-)
Ardjan
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