When you populate your array, load each field using <@SUBSTRING>.

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From: Roland Dumas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 1:35 PM
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Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: best practice for uploading from file to db


yes. Then what?

On May 14, 2004, at 11:31 AM, Storey, Paul wrote:

> Can you have the file exported so the fields are fixed width?
>
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>
> System A exports a file that has many records, 10K to 15K. Records 
> have fields that are text and fields that are numeric.
>
> That file will be read by witango and turned into records to add to a 
> database.
>
> I can have the exported file in any text format. (CSV, different 
> delimiters, quoted values, whatever)
>
> I did a couple of quick attempts to read the file, turn it into an 
> array, and ran into issues. No matter what I set the delimiters to, a 
> comma in a field triggers errors when creating the array.
>
> So, rather than stumble into the right approach, I thought I'd ask the 
> list for what the best practices are for creating uploaders like this.
>
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