Reading CSV into RecordSet using GetString() (MSDN)

[Roland Hall]

Three times the charm? Sorry for the repost. Trying to get my account
right.

I have two(2) issues.

I'm experiencing a little difficulty and having to resort to a work around.
I already found one bug, although stated the bug was only in ODBC, which I'm
not using. It appears to be in the OLEDB driver also.

My connection was:
conn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & strPath & ";" &
"Extended Properties='Text;HDR=NO;FMT=Delimited'"

I got information from here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnclinic/html/scripting03092004.asp

I am using a schema.ini file and in it was:

[austin.csv]
Format=CSVDelimited

Col1=personid Text
Col2=currDate Text
Col3=transCode Text
Col4=caseNum Text
Col5=caseType Text
Col6=defName Text
Col7=unknown Text

1. The first line in the csv file was being ignored, as if it was a header
line. I verified by putting a blank line in the file and then I was able to
see the first record, which was now the second line.

I read this was a bug but for FirstRowHasNames. It wasn't what I was using
but the effect was the same for HDR=NO.
"However, due to a bug in the ODBC driver, specifying the FirstRowHasNames
setting currently has no effect. In other words, the Excel ODBC driver (MDAC
2.1 and later) always treats the first row in the specified data source as
field names."

Ref: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257819

I found another article that fold me to use something else in the schema.ini
file:
http://www.aspdb.com/Site/tor/Manual04/T_csvtext.shtm

ColNameHeader=False

My current schema.ini:
[austin.csv]
Format=CSVDelimited
ColNameHeader=False

Col1=personid Text
Col2=currDate Text
Col3=transCode Text
Col4=caseNum Text
Col5=caseType Text
Col6=defName Text
Col7=unknown Text

I now get the first row without the need for the blank line.

My current connection string:
conn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & strPath & ";" &
"Extended Properties=Text"


2. I am getting a blank line using rs.GetString but at the end.

My line:
arrAccounts = split(rs.GetString(adClipString,,,,""),vbCr)

I thought perhaps it was returning a blank line because I ended my cursor,
in the csv file on a blank line at the end. I have this issue using FSO and
CSV files. I removed it but I still have the issue.

I am able to get past it by reducing my upperboundary by 1 but it feels like
a work-around.

for i = 0 to ubound(arrAccounts) - 1
lprt arrAccounts(i)
next

Full source for this issue:
dim conn, rs, strPath, arrAccounts, arr, i
Set conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set rs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
strPath = Server.Mappath("/csv/")
conn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & strPath & ";" &
"Extended Properties=Text"
rs.Open "SELECT DISTINCT caseNum FROM austin.csv", conn, adOpenStatic,
adLockOptimistic, adCmdText
arrAccounts = split(rs.GetString(adClipString,,,,""),vbCr)
rs.Close
for i = 0 to ubound(arrAccounts) - 1
lprt arrAccounts(i)
next

Am I causing the issue myself or is this a known issue?

TIA...

 

[[MSFT]]

Hello Roland,

The blank line was generated by the Split method, when the Split char is
"vbCr". A incorrect section was generated by Split method. Your work around
is just the right way to get around the problem. Or remove the last vbCr
before Split:

ss = rs.GetString(adClipString, , , , "")

ss = Left(ss, Len(ss) - 1)

arrAccounts = Split(ss, vbCr)

Hope this help,

Luke

 

[Roland Hall]

in message : Hello Roland,
:
: The blank line was generated by the Split method, when the Split char is
: "vbCr". A incorrect section was generated by Split method. Your work
around
: is just the right way to get around the problem. Or remove the last vbCr
: before Split:
:
: ss = rs.GetString(adClipString, , , , "")
:
: ss = Left(ss, Len(ss) - 1)
:
: arrAccounts = Split(ss, vbCr)

I guess I'll keep it the way it is then. Since vbCr was the delimiter, I
didn't expect it to add a blank element on the end of the array. If it been
a visible character, I might have noticed.

a,b,c,

Thanks for your help Luke.

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[[MSFT]]

Thank you for update.

Regards,

Luke