By defining the number format for each of your columns, you can avoid these problems. I frequently use VBA to update CSV imports to correct column formatting. So your first example would be formatted as 0000000000. Date you would select the "mm/dd/yyyy" format, etc. Hope this helps.
Raymond P. Beyer Provena Health - Corporate Business Office Manager - System Applications and Account Maintenance Phone (630) 914-2261 Fax (630) 914-2278 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> This message and any attachments are confidential and may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this message or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and deleting copy from your system. Thank you. P Please consider the environment - only print if necessary ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 1:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [talkbws] Working with CSV files I've noticed that CSV files, when opened, will modify the displayed value to a more simplified value. For example 4409354237 will display as 4.41E+09 and 05/02/1999 will display as 5/2/1999. Occasionally long values will display as ########. When using Datastation it uses the displayed value instead of the raw value. I thought that putting quotes around each value in the file would force it to treat everything as text but no luck. I can do a workaround but I am hopeful that there is an Excel setting that I can use instead. Chad Kemp Information Systems Analyst Firelands Regional Medical Center 419-557-7874 --- To post a message to this list, send mail to: [email protected] You are currently subscribed as: [email protected] Unsubscribe in the customer center on our website: http://www.bostonworkstation.com/customer_center/virtual_user_group_talk .aspx --- To post a message to this list, send mail to: [email protected] You are currently subscribed as: [email protected] Unsubscribe in the customer center on our website: http://www.bostonworkstation.com/customer_center/virtual_user_group_talk.aspx
