Re: How do I use a field delimiter of more than 1 char in the data file?

I would like three delimiter characters because the data file I am using is a catalog generated by users' input through a cgi program. Thus if I choose a single character delimiter to load in the control, whether it is ";" or ":" or "," or "[" or whatever, it is possible that a user may have put in that character into a field in the data file, which would screw up the automated loading. Thus if I make a three character delimiter, it is much less likely that a user will happen to put in a sequence of ":::" in a data field.

• Ben

teetshd_at_ucbeh.san.uc.edu (greg teets) wrote:

: On Wed, 09 Jul 1997 01:11:39 GMT, ben_at_paladin.ab.ca (Ben) wrote:
: Why do you want to have three delimiters and why will that make it
: foolproof? Why would a user be determining what and how many
: characters are the delimiter.
:
: I can probably help you with what you're trying to do if I understand
: it a little more.
:
: Thanks
:
: Greg Teets
: Cincinnati, Ohio

<snip> Received on Wed Jul 09 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT