Best data import approach

[Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel]

So the dgIndex is assigned after it is read in and sorted?  I am using the
simple technique of:

> put "C:\Users\Skip\Desktop\myLog.log" into it
> put url ("file:" & it) into theData
> set the dgText of group "MyGrid" to theData

Looks like I might need to approach this thing differently if I want to
read it in line by line and assign a number to it, right?

SKIP




On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:

> Datagrids assign a unique dgIndex which stays constant for each line after
> they're sorted but I don't recall any automated way to sort by it.  Maybe
> you could just add a column to the input after you read it from your file
> with an incrementing number in it so it would end up as a column in the
> datagrid (hidden if you prefer it that way).
>
> Pete
> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <
> skip at magicgate.com> wrote:
>
> > Back to my sorting issue with date and time, quite honestly, the log file
> > is already sorted.... I just need to have the DataGrid display it as it
> was
> > read into the system with out trying to do additional sorting.  Is there
> a
> > way to sort, for instance, by some itemID number that the DataGrid
> assigns
> > to it?
> >
> > SKIP
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <
> > skip at magicgate.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you!  ....
> > > http://www.fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/csv-must-die.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Alex Tweedly <alex at tweedly.net>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Of course. You can find it best in Richard's excellent article about
> the
> > >> evils of CSV format, at
> > >>
> > >>
> http://www.fourthworld.com/**embassy/articles//csv/-/must/-**/die/.html
> > <http://www.fourthworld.com/embassy/articles//csv/-/must/-/die/.html>
> > >>
> > >> It does deal with many of the vagaries, but won't do anything about
> > >> records with different number of fields (I think that was what you
> > >> mentioned earlier in the email thread), though it will (AFAIR) deal
> with
> > >> embedded CRs if they are within a quoted string.
> > >>
> > >> BTW - there is the opportunity for a slightly faster method which
> avoids
> > >> the array step - but the difference would only be significant for VERY
> > >> large data sets, so I've not had the incentive to finalize and test it
> > >> thoroughly.
> > >>
> > >> -- Alex.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 30/03/2013 20:51, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Excellent... Thank you Pete...
> > >>>
> > >>> Alex, would you be so kind to share?
> > >>>
> > >>> SKIP
> > >>>
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