The delimited file reader does not support that.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Wilburn, Scott <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Jim,
> Just to clarify, I'm trying to use Drill on files that contain records
> where the fields are delimited by multiple different characters.
>
> Example record: 10-20-16,4477,99;98,aab,99;66,aab
>
> Desired result:
> columns[0] = 10-20-16
> columns[1] = 4477
> columns[2] = 99
> columns[3] = 98
> columns[4] = aab
> columns[5] = 99
> columns[6] = 66
> columns[7] = aab
>
> In this example, the record contains 8 fields when split by comma and by
> semicolon.
> Is something like this possible?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott Wilburn
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Scott [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 03:46 PM
> To: user
> Subject: [E] Re: Multiple Delimiter Format
>
> Scott,
>
> You would need a format defined for each file type. e.g. csv has commas,
> tsv has tabs, so on
>
> If you are looking for multiple delimiters within the same file or
> potentially with a single file extension that isn't supported.
>
> Jim
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 5:43 PM, Wilburn, Scott <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > Is there a way to specify multiple delimiters when configuring a
> > storage plugin record format? For example, could I split records into
> > fields by comma or by semicolon characters.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Scott Wilburn
> >
> >
>
>
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