Subject Re: csv file From Ed <Ed@univ-computers.com> Date Tue, 16 Jan 2024 07:39:45 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Mervyn Bick Wrote: > On 2024/01/16 00:56, ed wrote: > > want to make a csv file from a dbf.  thought i knew how to do this... > > > > Ed > > The simplest way to create a .csv file from a .dbf table is > > use whatever.dbf > copy to whatever.csv delimited > use > > This does, however, have two major drawbacks.  It will not include data > from memo fields and it saves dates as ...,20240116,....  i.e no > delimiters and no separators. > > If you do not need to save data from memo fields and if the program(s) > that will read your .csv file can handle the dates in that format then > that's all you need. > > If you need to include data from memo fields or if you want a different > date format it gets more complicated.  There is code in the dUFLP to do > this but let's cross this bridge only if it's necessary. > > Mervyn. > > don’t need that…..