I'm using Mail::Sender for attaching .txt files. About a week ago, the users began complaining that some of the dollar amounts in the attachment records had "lost" the decimal point. We're on HP 11i. ( No patches have been applied for several months). Perl 5.6
I can recreate the problem. The original file on the Unix file system is correct and it has a .txt file extension. Each time I run the perl script to mail it as an attachment the same records "lose" their decimal points. Here's a couple of strange things.. 1. The dollar amount in the record is the only field that is NOT double quoted. If I double quote this field in all records, then a totally different set of records loses the decimal point. i.e. first run, the decimal was lost in records 4 and 10. Double quote this field for all records and 6, 7 and 11 lose the decimal point. Each of the scenarios is repeatable, by quoting and unquoting the dollar amount field in all records and rerunning the perl script. 2. If I change the extension to .dat, all records are preserved. i.e. I don't have a problem. You might see the simple fix being changing the naming convention, but alas, shop standards. Here's the direction that I'm headed while I wait for a reply from this post: I thought it might be a mime-type oriented problem, so in the mail::sender docs, I found a parameter for Mail::Sender called 'ctype'. I assume it stands for content type, but the description doesn't seem to indicate that it applies to attachments. I test for differences using this parm. (text/css ?) This perlscript is really a .exe (PerlApp) I'm about to test with the script to try an eliminate any problems with the exe... Don't know what might have changed to cause this, or where to go looking. Appreciate reference to any specific areas to R in the FM, or other direction. TIA, Mark Sutfin _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
