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A DB editor
Is there a good editor, wich I can use to edit the db files (like links.db)?

Because I can't save the file in excel with the | between the words.
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see the CSVdb software at http://home.hccnet.nl/...oftware/software.htm

as for editors:

http://editplus.com/

http://www.fixedsys.com/context/

and a bunch of text and html editors at http://www.nonags.com


Gene
"The older I get, the more I admire competence, just simple competence in any field from adultery to zoology."
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Simple and free: http://textpad.com


OK, it's not free... there's a free trial, it's $27 if ya keep it.


Leonard
aka PerlFlunkie

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PerlFlunkie: Apr 29, 2003, 7:35 PM
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There is a way to use Excel to output the db files. I used the Concatenate function to merge the cells into one pipe-deliminated cell. Like this:

=CONCATENATE(A2,"|",B2,"|",C1,"|",D2,"|",E2,"|",F2,"|",G2,"|",H2,"|",I2,"|",J2,"|",K2,"|",L2,"|",M2)

Excel offers a whole bunch of data manipulation tools that the other editors don't have, but you'll still need a good editor (UltraEdit-32 is a great one) to output the db to. Oh, and make sure you have the properties in the cells set to "text", or the date will not merge properly.



~pp