Re: CSV file with a header

[Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxx>]

I'm looking at what I might do with this suggestion...thanks.


CRPence wrote:
> Pat Barber wrote:
>   
> > I have been asked to create a CSV file to send to an outside
> > company.
> >
> > They sent me a standard file layout and I created the file just
> > fine using a file transfer request using Access.
> >
> > Got a note back and now they want a "header" record inserted as 
> > the first record of the file. This header record is nothing but
> > column heading with descriptions.
> >
> > Since the file has fixed field lengths, I can't just put a dummy
> > record there to create this stupid header.
> >
> > I need to be able to store the CSV header record somewhere and
> > copy it as the first record on each file transfer.
> >
> > Any ideas.
> >
> >     
>
>    FWiW I have an example of a recursive CTE querying data in 
> QADBIFLD [probably better to use the SYSCOLUMNS catalog VIEW] which 
> easily could be modified to generate a row of data that matches the 
> desired\required CSV formatting.  The query could be encapsulated in 
> a VIEW, or possibly in a program, to dynamically generate the 
> /header/ record for a particular file, rather than [creating "by 
> hand" and] storing it somewhere.  As a VIEW, if using CPYTOIMPF for 
> the data rows, a first CPYTOIMPF request against the VIEW using 
> MBROPT(*REPLACE) could precede the CPYTOIMPF of the row data using 
> MBROPT(*ADD).
> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=14030108
>
> Regards, Chuck
>
> Regards, Chuck
>