Filemaker tabbed delimited export converts returns to vertical tab characters. You can still retain your returns.
On 16 September 2010 13:25, Bob Sneidar <[email protected]> wrote: > To my knowledge, it exports just the tables and indexes. It may also export > relationships, I don't know. I just know that after I purchased it, I was a > bit disappointed because I thought I could take a fully functional Filemaker > Database, complete with forms and everything, and it would create a fully > functional revolution stack for me. Perhaps my expectations were a bit hi. > > Things may have improved since then. At the time the developer told me that > there was no easy way to get information about forms from Filemaker in any > kind of meaningful way, but perhaps he has that figured out now. > > Also be aware, (and I don't want to sound too negative) but apparently > there were some issues with my data, and I never even got the tables ported. > I think it had something to do with blank data or carriage returns or > something. > > As far as CSV, if there are any delimiters in your data in Filemaker, such > as commas, quotes, tabs or returns, a CSV export will be very problematic. > You should first try to convert anything that might be be construed as a > delimiter in your filemaker data to some other character, or unlikely > combination of characters, so that whatever you use to import with can > convert them back before shipping them off to an SQL database. This is just > the nature of export/import with dissimilar data structures. > > Bob > > > On Sep 16, 2010, at 12:37 PM, Peter Alcibiades wrote: > > > > > Bob, are you saying, just the tables...? So why not export the tables > as > > csv....? Am I missing something to do with relations? > > > > Peter > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Getting-started-with-databases-tp2540312p2542837.html > > Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
