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From: Peter Abbott <>
Subject: Re: FreeBMD-Difficulty with upload
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 15:49:10 +0100


At 23:30 04/05/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello Ben,
>
>I'm having difficulty uploading again. This time the system does not
>seem to want to take my fields with a comma in the middle of the first
>name field, although I had no problem last time with the comma in the
>district field. This is what I'm getting:
>
>Unexpected characters in first names 'Ann, Colina Livington' at line 139
>("CAMPBELL","Ann, Colina
> Livington","Clifton","11","278",)
>Unexpected characters in first names 'Bridget Teresa, Anna' at line 292
>("CARMODY","Bridget Teresa, Anna","W. London","2","233",)
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Roberta
>
>Roberta Richards Peeples
>
>
>
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Roberta

I would recommend that the comma within a field be replaced by a space. It
will avoid confusion.

Peter

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