Date:         Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:39:40 -0400
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From:         "Steven C. Barr(x)" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: "quotation" marks in lists?
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Breneman" <[log in to unmask]>
> --- Scott Phillips <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > ... Could make searches in databases a real pain...!! 
> Which brings up the fact that if you're intending for
> your list to reside in a database, the best way to 
> produce it is as a .csv file, with quotes around each
> field, ie:
> "Artist","Title","Place Where Recorded","OtherStuff","etc."
> "Another Artist","Title","..."...
> But, yeah, this is kind of a digression.
> 
Note that MANUALLY creating/converting into a .csv file is a slow and
painstaking task! This gives on the option of finding out if the original
application which created the file has an "Export" option of "Comma
Delimited [.csv]" or doing a LOT of typing!

Best approach...try and find out which application was used to create the
file in question...or, of a text-based format (i.e. the "Abrams Files"...)
figure out if your application of choice can import the file(s)...! In the
above case, you would be importing a text-based database file, with field
lengths of 50,80,10,10,10,10,30...!

Other than that, check for a shared format for file-exchange purposes...or,
if the original is in somehing like Mac-based FileMaker, steel yourself for
a WHOLE LOT of typing...!

Steven C. Barr
(who, in some cases, can offer useful help...!)