Importing/exporting data with carriage returns (I Think)

Sat Aug 26 10:53:19 PDT 2017

Why not just translate the \r to \001 before import, and then whenever 
outputting or otherwise referencing the data on the way out, translate 
\001 to \r?

This is seeming like one of the easier options from what I've been 
seeing but it brings up other questions.

Lets say that I was able to translate all of the \r to \001 or whatever, 
I wonder what the memo field is going to do with that. Plus if any of 
the imported data is edited in filepro, I'm sure it'll be getting \r 
added to it somewhere along with the one it's sure to get at the end of 
whatever was imported.

Exporting is looking like a difficult process regardless of even getting 
the data into the memo field. I need the carriage returns to be included 
in the exported data but filepro export is probable going to stop the 
export as soon as it sees the first one.

Mike

On 8/25/2017 4:29 PM, Fairlight via Filepro-list wrote:
> Why not just translate the \r to \001 before import, and then whenever
> outputting or otherwise referencing the data on the way out, translate \001
> to \r?
>
> m->
>
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 02:54:31PM -0500, Richard D. Williams via Filepro-list thus spoke:
>> Top Post
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> You have a real problem here.  Typically we need some unique
>> character to indicate the end of a row.
>> That usually is a carriage return.  If you have carriage returns
>> inside any column in the spreadsheet and you use
>> filepro's import, that would be understood to be the end of the row.
>>
>> I do not know any way you can read this into a file the normal way.
>>
>> But, if you are willing to do some manual manipulation, there is a solution.
>>
>> Working on the assumption there is a column with some unique
>> identifier for that row why not;
>>
>> 1) make a copy of the original.
>> 2) working on the copy, remove the column that contain the carriage return.
>> 3) save as a csv file
>> 4) import the remain columns into your file using the file import commands
>> 5) make another copy of the spreadsheet
>> 6) remove all columns except the column containing the key
>> identifier for that row and the one containing the carriage returns.
>> 7) add a column to the end and place a ~ in that column for each row
>> 8) save as a csv file
>> 9) now import this spreadsheet using the file import command and set r=~
>> 10) use the key identifier column to place the text into the memo
>> field for each record.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Richard D. Williams
>>
>> On 8/25/2017 2:10 PM, Mike Fedkiw via Filepro-list wrote:
>>> Okay, so if I remove the carriage returns before importing the
>>> data using xlate I'm assuming it would all just wind up as a
>>> continuous line of data. If that's right, is there any way of
>>> importing the data retaining the spacing between the data so it'll
>>> be there when exported. Although I've already had issues with the
>>> data not exporting after the first carriage return last time I
>>> tried it.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/25/2017 1:58 PM, Chris Rendall via Filepro-list wrote:
>>>
>>>> You can use the XLATE command to remove the carriage return in a
>>>> CSV import.
>>>>
>>>> When I use the import command I set the name to "rec": import
>>>> ascii rec=/home/chris/list.csv r=\n f=,
>>>>
>>>> Then to remove the carriage return I use: rc=xlate(rec(14),chr("13"),"")
>>>>
>>>> The number 14 inside rec(14) is the number of the field you are
>>>> importing.  If every field has a carriage return in them you
>>>> will need to use xlate for every field, rec(1), rec(2), and so
>>>> on for the number of fields you are importing per record.  On
>>>> Linux when I'm importing a CSV file from Windows I just need to
>>>> run the xlate command on the last field I'm importing.
>>>>
>>>> -- Chris
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Mike Fedkiw via Filepro-list
>>>> [mailto:filepro-list at lists.celestial.com]
>>>> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2017 11:33 AM
>>>> To: 0 Filepro List <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
>>>> Subject: Importing/exporting data with carriage returns (I Think)
>>>>
>>>> win-server 2008 r2/filepro 5.0.09dn9
>>>>
>>>> Can someone tell me how or what I can do to import data into
>>>> filepro that has carriage returns within the data cells?
>>>>
>>>> I receive these nice XLS files from my vendors with extended
>>>> descriptions for things that I want to get into a memo fields in
>>>> filepro but I'm having all sorts of issues trying to make that
>>>> happen.
>>>>
>>>> Usually after setting up the XLS file to the way it needs to be
>>>> for the import I'd save it as a DXF file. That's been working
>>>> just fine for quite some time but when a cell contains returns I
>>>> get an error message saying it's not a valid DXF file. I also
>>>> tried saving it as a CSV file and importing that but the cells
>>>> with the returns didn't import at all when I tried that. And I'm
>>>> not even sure I'm saving it as the correct type of CSV(Comma
>>>> delimited CSV or MS-DOS CSV) for importing it.
>>>>
>>>> Even if I get the import figured out if the data does have and
>>>> returns within the memo it seems to stop exporting that fields
>>>> data after the first one.
>>>>
>>>> If at all possible, I would really like to maintain the returns
>>>> because it makes it much easier to read the data in the memo and
>>>> it would also make the exported data much nicer too read with
>>>> them included.
>>>>
>>>> AND...instead of me sitting here trying to figure this out for
>>>> another week or so like I just did with all the MEMO stuff, I'd
>>>> just assume pay someone to set it up for me. If someone is
>>>> interested in doing that, let me know.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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