Using Comma delimited files with powerhouse

Robert J.M. Edis Robert.Edis@creatcomp.com
Mon, 8 Mar 1999 12:58:18 -0500


G'day Andrew

I believe you will need to create a defined item for each of the fields in
the input file and assign it with the field value from the input file based
on the position of the commas.  The position of each comma can be stored in
additional defined items and derived using the INDEX() function.  The
process is messy but works.  You will also have to create a variable length
record definition in the PHD (yes Georgia, PH can handle var length files).

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