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- 20If you're just getting into the health domain and you think CSV is bad... just wait until you run into HL7!G__– G__2011-02-14 21:46:09 +00:00Commented Feb 14, 2011 at 21:46
- 3@Greg LOL, don't frighten him, the surprise is always best :)James Love– James Love2011-02-14 21:48:37 +00:00Commented Feb 14, 2011 at 21:48
- 47-1 This is an anti-CSV rant against problems not caused by CSV. What exactly do you think would happen if you read and wrote XML without a library? Your problems would be a hundred times worse.Jesse Millikan– Jesse Millikan2011-02-14 21:52:42 +00:00Commented Feb 14, 2011 at 21:52
- 12"So why do we keep shafting each other? When will we stop?" I dunno, where I work we manage to use CSV just fine without anyone getting shafted (indeed - it's the XML stage that's by far more frustrating). Maybe you and your coworkers are doing something wrong?FrustratedWithFormsDesigner– FrustratedWithFormsDesigner2011-02-14 21:56:36 +00:00Commented Feb 14, 2011 at 21:56
- 4All of the discussion so far misses a very real problem with CSV: the delimiter character is likely to appear in the data, and CSV takes a less-than-optimal approach to that issue (putting quotes around the data just pushes the problem downstream). A better approach would be to use pipe-delimited files.Larry Coleman– Larry Coleman2011-02-14 22:59:32 +00:00Commented Feb 14, 2011 at 22:59
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