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JackieT
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Hi,

I have been trying to find out if there is a way to generate a CSV report without double quotes around the text fields. I am trying to generate a report that I can load directly to another database via a web portal and am trying to avoid having to open each file and re-format it after it's been generated.

I am using Developer Studio 7702

Thanks in advance for your help.
 
Posts: 5 | Registered: May 24, 2012Report This Post
susannah
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you could just generate a .txt file output
[ON TABLE HOLD FORMAT ALPHA]
and having FILEDEF'd it as FILEDEF THING DISK C:/..../THING.TXT

and create your own string, inserting a comma after every field,
TABLE FILE CAR
SUM SALES BY COUNTRY BY CAR ON TABLE HOLD FORMAT ALPHA
END
-RUN
DEFINE FILE HOLD
output/A100=SALES ||','||COUNTRY ||','||CAR ;
END
TABLE FILE HOLD PRINT output
ON TABLE HOLD AS THING FORMAT ALPHA
END
-- that sort of thing



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Alex
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This gives you a comma delimited output without quotes.
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
  DEALER_COST
BY COUNTRY
BY CAR
ON TABLE HOLD FORMAT DFIX DELIMITER ,  
END


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susannah
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brilliant. alex to the rescue!



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JackieT
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Thanks very much for the tips - very helpful.
 
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John W Price
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Building on Alex's solution:
ON TABLE HOLD FORMAT ...
DFIX DELIMITER delim [ENCLOSURE enclose] [HEADER header] [PRESERVESPACE spaces]..delimited file
delim: TAB .... to create tab-delimited data
delim: characters .... up to 30 characters as delimiters
delim: hex-value .... value for non-printable characters
enclose: character .... up to four printable characters to enclose the data
enclose: '''' .... four single quotes produces a single quote
header: NO .... [default] no title line is included
header: YES .... a title line with fieldnames is included
spaces: NO .... [default] leading and trailing blank spaces are removed from output
spaces: YES .... leading and trailing blank spaces are left in output
The spaces option was added in 7.7.04
From the WebFOCUS Keysheet, around page 59.



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JackieT
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Wow, all of this has been really helpful. I've scoured around looking for tidbits like this before posting here. It's amazing how now knowing a small bit of code has such a big impact. Thanks all!
 
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JackieT
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I think I celebrated too soon.

The DFIX works great so long as I run it locally. As soon as I run the procedure through report caster, I get the double quotes again. I've tried different output formats - DFIX, .CSV (which is what the file is supposed to be), ALPHA, COMT. All come out with quotes or lack any formatting. So I am stuck again. I wish there was a way to run the report without having to specify a report output format.
 
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susannah
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really? that's a bug! gotta be.
well, go back and do it the hard way...see my post above...
 
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njsden
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What I don't understand is why you are required to get rid of the quotes when the standard for CSV actually makes provision for them to be used (what if you have a comma as part of your data?).

Whichever database or data load facility you're using should be able to read your CSV file, quotes or no quotes ...


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Francis Mariani
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I set up a simple fex that creates a DFIX file. I then created a ReportCaster schedule to execute this fex and selected DFIX as Report Format and "test.csv" as file name. I receive an email with an attachment called test.csv. I see no double quotes when I open it in a text editor.

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT SALES
BY COUNTRY
BY CAR
BY MODEL

ON TABLE PCHOLD AS FMH001 FORMAT DFIX DELIMITER ,
END

ENGLAND,JAGUAR,V12XKE AUTO,0
ENGLAND,JAGUAR,XJ12L AUTO,12000
ENGLAND,JENSEN,INTERCEPTOR III,0
ENGLAND,TRIUMPH,TR7,0
FRANCE,PEUGEOT,504 4 DOOR,0
ITALY,ALFA ROMEO,2000 4 DOOR BERLINA,4800


Francis


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Al_K
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quote:
Originally posted by Francis Mariani:
I set up a simple fex that creates a DFIX file. I then created a ReportCaster schedule to execute this fex and selected DFIX as Report Format and "test.csv" as file name. I receive an email with an attachment called test.csv. I see no double quotes when I open it in a text editor.

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT SALES
BY COUNTRY
BY CAR
BY MODEL

ON TABLE PCHOLD AS FMH001 FORMAT DFIX DELIMITER ,
END

ENGLAND,JAGUAR,V12XKE AUTO,0
ENGLAND,JAGUAR,XJ12L AUTO,12000
ENGLAND,JENSEN,INTERCEPTOR III,0
ENGLAND,TRIUMPH,TR7,0
FRANCE,PEUGEOT,504 4 DOOR,0
ITALY,ALFA ROMEO,2000 4 DOOR BERLINA,4800


I'd like to add one thing about DFIX, with the HEADER ON option, the headers are always in CAPS which appears to be a bug


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