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From: Ben Laurie <>
Subject: Re: FreeBMD-Difficulty with upload
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 11:44:38 +0100


Peter Abbott wrote:
>
> 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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> read the FAQ.
> >
>
> Roberta
>
> I would recommend that the comma within a field be replaced by a space. It
> will avoid confusion.

No! What we want in the database is what is written in the index.

If we want to avoid confusion, we do that as a post process on the raw
data.

Cheers,

Ben.

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