CSV generator

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Sweet Andy

Is there a CSV (comma separated variables) generator program (freeware or
not). I'd like something to be able to use the headers then tab from field
to field and when I save it, the commas are generated. Maybe I'm asking the
impossible or maybe you don't even understand what I need. ???

The restulting data would be input to a books database and an household
inventory database.

TIA
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Is there a CSV (comma separated variables) generator program (freeware or
not). I'd like something to be able to use the headers then tab from field
to field and when I save it, the commas are generated. Maybe I'm asking the
impossible or maybe you don't even understand what I need. ???
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The restulting data would be input to a books database and an household
inventory database.
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Open Office. Spreadsheet programs can export to csv format.
 
Is there a CSV (comma separated variables) generator program (freeware or
not). I'd like something to be able to use the headers
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"Use the headers" ? What headers ? Where are they coming from ? How
about giving us an example of what you are talking about ?
then tab from field
to field and when I save it, the commas are generated. Maybe I'm asking the
impossible or maybe you don't even understand what I need. ???
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Possibly the latter ?
The restulting data would be input to a books database and an household
inventory database.
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TIA
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Okay, maybe a "search and replace" process (in a text editor) might
work ? Replace spaces with a space and comma ?

It would depend on how big your data source was. If <100 records you
could probably manually correct any mistakes. If more possibly not.

Another option would be to import into a spreadsheet program and save
as a CSV file.

Regards, John.

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Sweet Andy said:
Is there a CSV (comma separated variables) generator program (freeware or
not). I'd like something to be able to use the headers then tab from field
to field and when I save it, the commas are generated. Maybe I'm asking the
impossible or maybe you don't even understand what I need. ???
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I am not sure what your 'headers' are, but CSVEd can import tab
delimited files and save files with commas as delimiters. It's
probably the best free csv editor.
http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/t2t/text2table.htm

S.O. Meone
 
I am not sure what your 'headers' are, but CSVEd can import tab
delimited files and save files with commas as delimiters. It's
probably the best free csv editor.
http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/t2t/text2table.htm
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Another suggestion along those same lines. I create .csv files with
dbEdit fairly often -> copy tab delimited data (from a spreadsheet),
import it into dbEdit via the clipboard. Very quick, very easy. :) You
can (of course) also create .csv files directly in dbEdit. . .

Program: dbEdit
Author: Paul Lutus
Ware: (Requestware) unsupported
http://www.arachnoid.com/
http://www.arachnoid.com/dbedit/index.html
version 3.4 (511 KB) (10/31/2001)
http://www.arachnoid.com/dbedit/dbedit.exe

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I used that but now prefer CSVEd.
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I have yet to try CSVed (any minute now). . . ;)
dbEdit is ancient abandonware :-( .
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Yeah but. . . using dbEdit for the particular task the OP asked about
is very easy -> select tab delimited text, copy, open dbEdit, select
"import from clipboard", save the file.

Is it easier or harder to accomplish that task in CSVed?

Susan
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Susan Bugher said:
I have yet to try CSVed (any minute now). . . ;)


Yeah but. . . using dbEdit for the particular task the OP asked about is
very easy -> select tab delimited text, copy, open dbEdit, select "import
from clipboard", save the file.

Is it easier or harder to accomplish that task in CSVed?

Susan
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CSVed seems to me to be an upgrade of dbEdit, from the same people. As far
as I can tell, it does the same job and is an excellent program. There may
be some improvements which I have not noticed.

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Frank said:
CSVed seems to me to be an upgrade of dbEdit, from the same people.
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nope - different authors.

CSVed Author: Sam Franke
dbEdit Author: Paul Lutus

As far
as I can tell, it does the same job and is an excellent program. There may
be some improvements which I have not noticed.
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gonna try it RSN. . . ;)
Photons have mass? -- I didn't even know they were Catholic.
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ROTFLOL

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Frank Bohan said:
CSVed seems to me to be an upgrade of dbEdit, from the same people. As far
as I can tell, it does the same job and is an excellent program. There may
be some improvements which I have not noticed.
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For a start you can use a variety of delimiters and safe to HTML, XML,
RTF, Word and it's not abandonware. I prefer the sorting in dbEdit
though.

S.O. Meone
 
Susan Bugher said:
nope - different authors.

CSVed Author: Sam Franke
dbEdit Author: Paul Lutus
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My mistake. I thought dbEdit was from Sam Franke but I was confusing it
with a program called CSVdb, which was a precursor of CSVed.

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