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Exporting data to tab-delimeted files

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coned

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Aug 8, 2003
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When I export data from a MS access table to a tab delimeted file the resultant file will randomly skip some of the tabs in a record and begin a new record in what appears to be part of the particular filed from the previous record. This doesn't happen every time and doesn't seem to relate to anything in particular -- except, I think that when a blank or null value is present in a field it's causing this problem. Can anyone help? What should I do?
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Instead of exporting the table itself, create a query. In the query replace the nulls with "" or " " or 0 or the like in all fields where nulls are a problem. Then when you create up the tab-delimited file all the fields will have been trapped for nulls and all fields will be accounted for.

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