Supervising the Network

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Managing the NetWare Directory Services Tree
Importing User Information into the NDS Database
Since embedded quotation marks and commas are the most commonly
found punctuation in database fields, here are some guidelines, grouped
according to four situations you might encounter, to help you avoid
problems in generating a data file:
• You have both embedded quotation marks and embedded commas that you do
not want to delete.
We recommend that you export the data using a different character for the
comma separator, and that you not use quotation marks as delimiters.
For example, you could export data with carets (^) in place of comma
separators. As a result, carets would separate the fields in the data file you
generate. You must specify in the import control file the replacement character
you use. (See Table 4-1.)
You should also export data without using quotation marks to delimit the fields.
If your application uses quotation marks as the default delimiter, you must
change the delimiter to a different character or choose to use no delimiter.
If you use a different character, you must specify in the import control file the
replacement character you use. (See Table 4-1.)
• You have neither embedded quotation marks nor embedded commas.
We recommend that you export the data using commas to separate the fields.
If your application inserts quotation marks as delimiters around each field, you
can either accept this default or choose to use no delimiter.
• You have embedded commas, but no embedded quotation marks.
We recommend that you export the data using a different character for the
comma separator.
For example, you could export data with carets (^) in place of comma
separators. As a result, carets would separate the fields in the data file you
generate. You must specify in the import control file the replacement character
you use. (See Table 4-1.)
If your application inserts quotation marks as delimiters around each field, you
can either accept this default or choose to use no delimiter.
• You have embedded quotation marks, but no embedded commas.
We recommend that you export data using commas to separate the fields and
without using quotation marks to delimit the fields.