Best data import approach

[Peter Haworth]

Skip,
Alex Tweedly has a great handler for importing csv files that deals with
many of the gnarly issues.  Hopefully he'll see this and supply it for you.
Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>


On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <
skip at magicgate.com> wrote:

> I think it will be easier to go back and try to fix the source and how the
> data is being entered in to begin with.  I realized there was a issue with
> one of the fields that allowed the user to enter multiple lines of data
> under the "notes" field.  If the user hit the RETURN key to type in these
> notes, it is throwing everything off.
>
> SKIP
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <
> skip at magicgate.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks.. I had tried that but I was getting some funky data formatting
> > coming in.  Come to find out that the data in the log file has an
> > occasional misplaced CR and LF embedded.
> >
> > Having said THAT, is there a way to strip out those characters?  I know
> > exactly how many columns I have in my field and each is separated with a
> > tab.  So I guess at this point what I am trying to say is there a way to
> > clean up the data and still be able to determine a new record (row)?
> >
> > SKIP
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 3:10 PM, stephen barncard <
> > stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com> wrote:
> >
> >> and if the first line contains the names of the individual fields on the
> >> first row, you can
> >>
> >> put the dgText[true]
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > set the dgtext of group "yourgroup" to URL
> ("binfile:/path/to/the/file")
> >> > should work.  dgtext works directly with tab and cr delimited text, so
> >> > should be easy peasy.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Keith Clarke <
> >> > keith.clarke at clarkeandclarke.co.uk> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Why not just put the file into a variable, set the item delimiters
> to
> >> tab
> >> > > and away you go?
> >> > >
> >> > > Just query the items of the first line to understand your (changing)
> >> > > column labels?
> >> > > Best,
> >> > > Keith..
> >> > >
> >> > > On 30 Mar 2013, at 17:54, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <
> >> > > skip at magicgate.com> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > Hello LC's,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I have a tab delimited text file(log file) that I need to
> manipulate
> >> > > every
> >> > > > once in a while and extract data from it.  Is there a good way to
> >> read
> >> > > this
> >> > > > directly into a datagrid and manipulate it from there or I am
> better
> >> > off
> >> > > > reading the file, loading it into a sqlite db and THEN manipulate
> it
> >> > from
> >> > > > there.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > The text file I am reading is constantly changing so I can not
> just
> >> do
> >> > a
> >> > > > one time conversion, I will always have to read from this file.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > This is for a desktop app, by the way....
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Thanks in advance for your input!
> >> > > >
> >> > > > SKIP
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