Re: tab deliminated txt file
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 38754
interpreted = N
texte = Pat, I think that is the HTML equivelent???? However, I'm looking for something more like what Natai suggested. This is for a database file not something directly viewable via http. thanks. I'll try a couple things but I think it is probably something proprietary with the software. I did produce a couple deliminated text files and did a find in BBedit for ?. There wasn't any question marks so I think I'm going to use that and then do a find and replace with BBedit to get to a Tab Deliminated file.Pat McCormick wrote:> Tab = %09 > > You should probably not have tabs anywhere in your fields, though. It > usually means that you're not properly organizing your database and > including more than one fact per field. > > Think about how you've organized the data. > > I'm dealing with a customer database with a prepInstructions field for every > product. The prepInstructions field contains all the steps, including tabs > and carriage returns, so that the field can just be printed on the product > bag. > > Getting those instruction to display properly online is almost impossible. > > It really should be a separate database of steps, and another database to > associate steps with products. > > If you're setting up a new database, and not dealing with legacy stuff, find > a way to reorganize your data so that you don't need tabs. Use table cells > to separate fields into columns. > > Pat-- Donovan D. Brooke Systems Administrator/ Assc. Art Director Epsen Hillmer Graphics I know I'm making progress when I look at the questions I have asked in the past and think to myself... how stupid was that ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Pat, I think that is the HTML equivelent???? However, I'm looking for something more like what Natai suggested. This is for a database file not something directly viewable via http. thanks. I'll try a couple things but I think it is probably something proprietary with the software. I did produce a couple deliminated text files and did a find in BBedit for ?. There wasn't any question marks so I think I'm going to use that and then do a find and replace with BBedit to get to a Tab Deliminated file.Pat McCormick wrote:> Tab = %09 > > You should probably not have tabs anywhere in your fields, though. It > usually means that you're not properly organizing your database and > including more than one fact per field. > > Think about how you've organized the data. > > I'm dealing with a customer database with a prepInstructions field for every > product. The prepInstructions field contains all the steps, including tabs > and carriage returns, so that the field can just be printed on the product > bag. > > Getting those instruction to display properly online is almost impossible. > > It really should be a separate database of steps, and another database to > associate steps with products. > > If you're setting up a new database, and not dealing with legacy stuff, find > a way to reorganize your data so that you don't need tabs. Use table cells > to separate fields into columns. > > Pat-- Donovan D. Brooke Systems Administrator/ Assc. Art Director Epsen Hillmer Graphics I know I'm making progress when I look at the questions I have asked in the past and think to myself... how stupid was that ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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