Issue with output file format

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Warren Grob · Sep 10, 2018

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I am having an issue with the output file format on a production where quotes (" ") around column values are being removed from the imported file. For example, my input file is a csv formatted as such: "123", " ", "ABC". The output file format that is being generated produces: 123, , ABC. I need the output file to retain the quotes around the data.

Is this something that can be corrected in the record map? Or is it an issue elsewhere?

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Robert Cemper · Sep 17, 2018

Assuming you create your Output by WRITE variable
the most simple solution would be to change it to WRITE """"_variable_""""

if your variable can contain quotes that need to be escaped WRITE """"_$REPLACE(variable,"""","""""")_""""
may fit your needs.

More sophisticated you may hide the quoting in some macro definition.

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score 0 · Answer 1 · 2018-09-17T10:00:02-04:00

The actual answer was much more simple. In the Record Mapper, first I unchecked the "Quote Escaping" box. Then once I realized I can have more than one character as a field separator (single comma), I used 'quote comma quote' (",") as my field separator. Worked as needed.

Thanks for your input!

score 0 · Answer 2 · 2018-09-17T11:38:00-04:00

Wouldn't it produce strings like this:

stringA","stringB","stringC

leaving strings A and C unquoted?

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