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bob basques (bob.basques@stpaul.gov)
Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:55:31 -0500 

Message-Id: <335E4D13.63F6@stpaul.gov>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:55:31 -0500
From: bob basques <bob.basques@stpaul.gov>
Subject: Re: [mSQL] using tab char in msqlimport (b6)

Jeff Pooser wrote:
>
> Rick Bates wrote:
> >
> > At 11:03 AM 4/22/97 CST, you wrote:
> > >
> > >Does anyone know how to specify a "tab" character as the field separator in
> > >msqlimport (msql2b6)? I have tried tab, $09, 09,\t,\\t but nothing works.
> >
> > \t works find for me. If you can't get it to work, how about you send my
> > your complete import command.
> >
> > Good luck,
>
> Interesting- \t didn't work for me, but \\t did ?!
>

I would suppose that you just backslashing the backslash, to make force
it to be interpreted.

bobb 

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