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                  Issue #:|51930
                  Summary:|RFE: more flexible import mechanisms
                Component:|Database access
                  Version:|680m116
                 Platform:|PC
                      URL:|
               OS/Version:|All
                   Status:|UNCONFIRMED
        Status whiteboard:|
                 Keywords:|
               Resolution:|
               Issue type:|ENHANCEMENT
                 Priority:|P3
             Subcomponent:|none
              Assigned to:|dbaneedsconfirm
              Reported by:|jmills





------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 14 00:36:35 -0700 
2005 -------
I would like to see more flexible import mechanisms for loading databases (and
spreadsheets) from text files.

These include:

1) the ability to specify a delimiter as being one OR MORE characters. 
Currently each single occurrence of a delimiter moves to the next field

2) the ability to use fixed column width import in the database

3) The ability to not import blank lines


[The background for this is I was send a 12000 line ascii file to import.
I couldn't use Calc, because the 12000 lines were more than 65536 rows (hence
the thirdrequest), although the fixed column width in excel was just what I
needed.  Star Base does not have the ability to import fixed width (second
request), so everything it saw a delimiter, it moved the data one more column
to the right ... hence the first request.

A fourth request is

4) the ability to specify "white space" (ie tab or space) as a delimiter
(and have multiple ones treated as a single...)

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