• Jeff Moden (8/25/2014)


    Eirikur Eiriksson (8/25/2014)


    Feel I'm starting to repeat my self on the issue:pinch:

    BWAAA-HAAA!!! Me too!

    Switching from one delimiter to another is a form of procrastination, not a solution.

    I'll have to register my strong disagreement with that statement. 😉 For example, TSV is so much easier to implement that switching the delimiter to TABS IS one of the better solutions. The CSV standard that you've cited is fraught with vertical (inconsistent) exceptions that cause a world of hurt for those that have to import it. TSV solves most of those problems, especially in the world of BULK INSERT, quickly and easily.

    Until a field/record/column contains TAB characters then oops lets switch to PIPE....;-)

    😎