1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textsharedexplorerdatabasedabawiz02textxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Text File Connection</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz02text.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<history> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<created date="2004-07-28T15:03:00">UFI: Database Wizard text file</created> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<lastedited date="2007-03-01T12:29:25">YJ: checked</lastedited> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</history> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id2517166"><bookmark_value>tables in databases;importing text formats (Base)</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>text databases (Base)</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>mw changed "database tables;" to "tables in databases;"</comment> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1054F" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW">Text File Connection</paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10553" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Specifies the settings for importing a database in text format.</ahelp><comment>UFI: most text copied without editing from shared\explorer\database\11040000</comment></paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10568" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In a text format database, data is stored in an unformatted ASCII file, where each record comprises a row. The data fields are divided by separators. Text in the data fields is divided by quotation marks.</paragraph> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_TEXT_ET_LOCATIONTEXTFILE" id="bm_id1533860" localize="false"/> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1056B" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Path to text files</paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1056F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Enter the path to the text file or files. If you just want one text file, you can use any extension of the file name. If you enter a folder name, the text files in that folder must have the extension *.csv to be recognized as files of the text database.</ahelp></paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_TEXT_PB_LOCATIONTEXTFILE" id="bm_id1796624" localize="false"/> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10572" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Browse</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Click to open a file selection dialog.</ahelp></paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_TEXT_RB_ACCESSTXTFILES" id="bm_id3230994" localize="false"/> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10616" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Plain text files (*.txt)</paragraph> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1061A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Click to access txt files.</ahelp><comment>UFI: sorry, this is not in the spec.</comment></paragraph> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_TEXT_RB_ACCESSCSVFILES" id="bm_id1720023" localize="false"/> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10643" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">'Comma separated value' files (*.csv)</paragraph> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10647" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Click to access csv files.</ahelp></paragraph> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_TEXT_RB_ACCESSOTHERFILES" id="bm_id2862636" localize="false"/> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_TEXT_ET_OWNEXTENSION" id="bm_id2447279" localize="false"/> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10666" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Custom</paragraph> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1066A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Click to access custom files. Enter the extension in the text box.</ahelp></paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_DSADMIN_FIELD_SEPARATOR" id="bm_id3149578" localize="false"/> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10581" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Field separator</paragraph> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10585" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="HID_DSADMIN_FIELD_SEPARATOR">Enter or select the character that separates data fields in the text file.</ahelp></paragraph> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_DSADMIN_TEXT_SEPARATOR" id="bm_id3149795" localize="false"/> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1059C" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Text separator</paragraph> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105A0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="HID_DSADMIN_TEXT_SEPARATOR">Enter or select the character that identifies a text field in the text file.</ahelp> You cannot use the same character as the field separator.</paragraph> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_DSADMIN_DECIMAL_SEPARATOR" id="bm_id3151385" localize="false"/> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105B8" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Decimal separator</paragraph> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105BC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="HID_DSADMIN_DECIMAL_SEPARATOR">Enter or select the character that is used as a decimal separator in the text file, for example, a period (0.5) or a comma (0,5).</ahelp></paragraph> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_DSADMIN_THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR" id="bm_id3153897" localize="false"/> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105D3" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Thousands separator</paragraph> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="HID_DSADMIN_THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR">Enter or select the character that is used as a thousands separator in the text file, for example a comma (1,000), or a period (1.000).</ahelp></paragraph> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105E6" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz00.xhp">Database Wizard</link></paragraph> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 76