import

[Jeff Harrison]

--- GCC Consulting <gccconsulting at comcast.net> wrote:
 
> 		
> Just thought he might want a solution witch was
> fast, did not involve a lot
> of coding.
> 
> Since he is using Excel and has a number of formats
> to use in exporting the
> data, this method might be the easy and get the job
> done. 
> 
> So, tell me what is wrong with using the available
> other tools that come
> with filePro?  He is having a problem. Even if the
> import is successful, he
> is going to have to insure that the data coming in
> is in the correct format.
> Dates and zip codes can get messed up.  Date can
> come down in MS Julian date
> format and zip codes can loose a leading 0. 
> 
> Doing a dbcopy gives on a chance to view the data
> before it is posted into a
> working file.  One can then apply any necessary
> programming to insure that
> the posted data is the correct format as to size and
> edit.
> 
> The nice thing about fp is that there are many
> available tools to that can
> be used to accomplish a task
> 
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
>  
> 

Exactly.  Nothing is wrong with your solution.  My
only point was that there is more than one way to skin
this cat.  Your last point leads me to believe that we
agree on that.

Jeff Harrison
jeffaharrison at yahoo.com

Author of JHExport and JHImport.  The easiest and
fastest ways to generate code for filePro exports and imports.


		
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