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The problem is is that it is simple until it's not, then you have problems. You need to validate immediately after export, and work out what happens when that f
by aragilar 3y ago
The problem is is that it is simple until it's not, then you have problems. You need to validate immediately after export, and work out what happens when that fails.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 3y agoI agree about validating after export, which is a good practice. But if you know your use-case to be csv-friendly, then its a nice simple long-standing almost universal format. Lots of pros with that. Using a more complex format for simple data may (or may not) save you issues with a rare edge case but could cost you in other areas. Like a non-technical manager having no idea how to look at.
- aragilar 3y agoCSV is fine if you control both ends (in which case it's worth asking why not use something else, but CSV is a totally valid choice). The problem is typically you don't, and what you expected to be simple ends up with lots of hacks until you realise that you want a more defined format (what that is depends on your field), which would have been easier to do if CSV wasn't there already.