Yes, nothing like the obvious to make us think of the hard way! Are there any more like that, Razzak? If so, maybe they are a contender for the data dictionary at some point in the future?
Regards, Alastair. From: Frank Taylor Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 7:25 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Gateway Export Question LOL, Leave it to R:Base to make it that simple !! -- Frank Frank Taylor - Information Technology Administrator F.J. O'Hara & Sons, Inc - Araho Transfer Inc. Boston, MA - Rockland, ME - Miami, FL Direct Dial - 617-790-3093 email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of A. Razzak Memon Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 2:02 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Gateway Export Question At 12:50 PM 4/12/2011, Frank Taylor wrote: >We have a new customer that wants a flat file sent to them with the >fields separated by the | (Pipe) symbol and no quotes. I thought this >was going to be very simple, but I am having an issue where it is >giving me blank (No separator) instead of | > >Here is the command I am using > >gateway export Tab p:\durgin.txt select * from quotetable option >COL_NAMES ON | separator | > >If I change it to Separator #, then that works as does other symbols. >I tried putting the quotes around the pipe '|' symbol but still no >luck. Any suggestions ? This is RB V9.1 Frank, Did you know that you can use the keyword "PIPE" as a separator for pipe symbol? Here's how: -- Example 01: GATEWAY EXPORT TAB G:\Durgin.txt SELECT * FROM QuoteTable + OPTION COL_NAME ON | SEPARATOR PIPE LAUNCH G:\Durgin.txt RETURN -- Example 02: IF (CVAL('DATABASE')) <> 'RRBYW17' OR (CVAL('DATABASE')) IS NULL THEN CONNECT RRBYW17 IDENTIFIED BY NONE ENDIF SET VAR vCommand TEXT = NULL SET VAR vFileName TEXT = 'Customer.txt' SET ERROR MESSAGE 2077 OFF DELETE .vFileName SET ERROR MESSAGE 2077 ON SET VAR vCommand = + ('GATEWAY EXPORT TAB'&.vFileName& + 'SELECT * FROM Customer'& + 'OPTION COL_NAME ON | SEPARATOR PIPE') &vCommand CLS LAUNCH .vFileName CLEAR VARIABLE vCommand RETURN That's all there is to it! Very Best R:egards, Razzak. _______________________________________________________________________ This Email has been scanned for all viruses by PAETEC Email Scanning Services, utilizing MessageLabs proprietary SkyScan infrastructure. If you need assistance, please contact the Systems Administrator, Frank Taylor at [email protected] - 617-790-3093. _______________________________________________________________________
