Importing Comma Separated Values

Timport can import data in the common "comma separated values" format. To use this format specify the format keyword with a value of csv, optionally followed by the delimiter to use instead of comma. The delimiter may be specified using hex notation for space, tab, or other special characters. Encode hex values with backslash followed by "x" followed by the 2 digit hex value. For example, encode tab as "\x09" (without the quotes).

For the field "tag"s use the field number from the input. Input fields are numbered starting with 1.

The following example consists of customer data exported from another program in csv format, but with | for a delimiter instead of comma.

"CustID"|"Company"|"Address"|"City"|"Region"|"PostalCode"|"Country"|
"Phone"
  "ALWAO"|"Always Open Quick Mart"|"77 Overpass Ave."|"Provo"|"UT"|
"84604"|"USA"|"(801) 555-7424"
  "ANDRC"|"Andre's Continental Food Market"|"P.O. Box 209"|"Bellingham"|
"WA"|"98226"|"USA"|"(206) 555-9574"
  "ANTHB"|"Anthony's Beer and Ale"|"33 Neptune Circle"|"Clifton Forge"|
"WA"|"24422"|"USA"|"(509) 555-8647"
  "BABUJ"|"Babu Ji's Exports"|"Box 29938"|"London"||"WX1 5LT"|"UK"|
"(71) 555-8248"

The schema format for this is as listed in the schema file csv.sch:

database /tmp/testtdb
     table  customer
     csv |
     #          name    type            tag
     field      CustID  varchar(10)     1
     field      Company varchar(80)     2
     field      Address varchar(80)     3
     field      City    varchar(20)     4
     field      State   varchar(10)     5
     field      Zip     varchar(10)     6
     field      Country varchar(10)     7
     field      Phone   varchar(20)     8