Re: Flat-File Vs. Text-File

From: Bernard Peek <Bernard_at_postar.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 09:58:03 +0000
Message-ID: <AtKqLnAr6Td6EA6W@postar.co.uk>

In article <t4%c6.1564$D_.332748_at_news.uswest.net>, Tom Leary <tleary1_at_qwest.net> writes
>Generally, a Flat File contains data in a consistent format that can easily
>be parsed out. A Text File has no such constraints and could be anything
>from the Flat File type data to a Novel. They are not exclusive, all Flat
>Files are Text Files, but not all Text Files can be parsed by data
>structure.

XML files and schemas are also text files.

A flat-file is a database file containing data for one, and only one, table. It's not necessarily ASCII.

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