Something similar that I do is export the whole database as TAB delimited, then
import into a spreadsheet then copy a column and paste it into BBEdit to work
on, then paste it back into the spreadsheet.
Ted
One thing I have been known to do that may be related to what you are
thinking:
I exported the table's contents to a flat CSV file via my MySQL
front-end. Then opened that file in BBEdit, and did a good deal of
alterations and changes, search/replaces, etc. I'm not sure what you're
trying to accomplish, but I offer this in case it may help.
BTW: If you want to make sure you restrict yourself to a given 'field'
of the database for a particular edit/change, either A) deal with 'whole
field' search/replace ('\t"<content>"\t' --> \t"<new_content>"\t'), or
B) only export a given field at a given time, so that you don't hose
yourself.
On Aug 31, 2006, at 2:54 PM, Andrew Brown wrote:
On 31 Aug 2006, at 19:17, Thomas Ingham wrote:
There are merits to doing things the "hard way."
No, I won't go for that. There are no merits at all in doing things
the hard way. My files are not Everest, they are just files that need
processing. Text can be processed in BBEdit, but the MySQL front ends
of my acquaintance are hopeless at processing text, however brilliant
they may (or may not) be at tinkering with database parameters.
AB
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