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CSV is undefined and the edge cases are very ugly. It is compatible until the import fails silently and makes a mess of the data. I also cannot contain formula
by Tagbert 2y ago
CSV is undefined and the edge cases are very ugly. It is compatible until the import fails silently and makes a mess of the data.
I also cannot contain formulas. Only data.
If your process can read and write to Excel it is a much better defined format.
- nradov 2y agoCSV is fully defined in RFC 4180. Of course that standard is only informative and some vendors don't implement it correctly. https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4180.txt https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4180.txt