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The problem is that CSV is basically non discoverable, as it has no metadata eg about encoding or delimiters or locale... Thats why Excel gives you a sample and
by justincormack 12y ago
The problem is that CSV is basically non discoverable, as it has no metadata eg about encoding or delimiters or locale... Thats why Excel gives you a sample and lets you change delimiters etc. You can guess, or you can write something that seems to work for a particular input source. But it is best avoided.