Carrage Returns \ Line Breaks!

Started by Brian C. Doyleover 25 years ago4 messagesgeneral
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#1Brian C. Doyle
bcdoyle@mindspring.com

Hello all,

I have a file that I am trying to import/copy into a table. The problem
that I am having is that there are carriage returns through out the
document. These carriage returns should be copied into the column it
belongs to yet during the
copy table from '/home/location/file.ext' using delimiters '|';

I get errors when it hits the carriage return. Can i get around this?

#2Brett W. McCoy
bmccoy@chapelperilous.net
In reply to: Brian C. Doyle (#1)
Re: Carrage Returns \ Line Breaks!

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Brian C. Doyle wrote:

I have a file that I am trying to import/copy into a table. The problem
that I am having is that there are carriage returns through out the
document. These carriage returns should be copied into the column it
belongs to yet during the
copy table from '/home/location/file.ext' using delimiters '|';

I get errors when it hits the carriage return. Can i get around this?

You should convert the carriage returns into the literal text '\n'. Are
they ^J or ^M?

-- Brett
http://www.chapelperilous.net/~bmccoy/
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#3Brian C. Doyle
bcdoyle@mindspring.com
In reply to: Brett W. McCoy (#2)
Re: Carrage Returns \ Line Breaks!

Okay now I am an Idoit. How do I tell what is used for the carriage
return? I know how to make the replacement I just can not tell they
characters used.

At 11:52 AM 12/18/00 -0500, Brett W. McCoy wrote:

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On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Brian C. Doyle wrote:

I have a file that I am trying to import/copy into a table. The problem
that I am having is that there are carriage returns through out the
document. These carriage returns should be copied into the column it
belongs to yet during the
copy table from '/home/location/file.ext' using delimiters '|';

I get errors when it hits the carriage return. Can i get around this?

You should convert the carriage returns into the literal text '\n'. Are
they ^J or ^M?

-- Brett
http://www.chapelperilous.net/~bmccoy/
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger.
-- Proverbs 15:1

#4Brett W. McCoy
bmccoy@chapelperilous.net
In reply to: Brian C. Doyle (#3)
Re: Carrage Returns \ Line Breaks!

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Brian C. Doyle wrote:

Okay now I am an Idoit. How do I tell what is used for the carriage
return? I know how to make the replacement I just can not tell they
characters used.

Are you on Windows, Unix or Mac?

-- Brett
http://www.chapelperilous.net/~bmccoy/
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