comma delimited

Hi gurus

As you can tell by my previous post, I am new to VB so please go easy on me.

I have a csv file but with in the file there is a field that comes like this

" joh,smith" ,

so the first line looks like this

03/03/03,"xxxx","xxxxx","name name",xxxx,03/03/03,1.19,"xxxxx","name,name"


I would like to make this comma that is within the quotes a space or a blank so I can use split cleantly and get what I need to do .

How can I do this, all help is really welcome.

Thanks a bunch gurus

vb Code:

Dim NewString As String
 
'replace the commas in the string with the data with spaces
NewString = commaData.Replace(",", Chr(8).Tostring)

Check out this thread that offers several solutions: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=445800

Mine is the last in that thread and demonstrates using the VS2005 TextFieldParser engine to handle this.

Oops. I removed my solution - I misread what he'd been asking for. Sorry

Try this function... It'll read the csv file and return a datatable

vb Code:

Private Function CsvToDataTable(ByVal filePath As String) As DataTable
        Dim dt As DataTable = Nothing
        Dim sourcePath As String = String.Empty
        Dim csvFile As String = String.Empty
        Dim conString As String = String.Empty
        Dim conn As OleDb.OleDbConnection = Nothing
        Dim adapter As OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter = Nothing
        Dim selString As String = String.Empty
        Try
            sourcePath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(filePath)
            csvFile = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(filePath)
            conString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & sourcePath & ";Extended Properties=""text;HDR=No;FMT=Delimited"";"
            conn = New OleDb.OleDbConnection(conString)
            selString = "Select * From " & csvFile
            adapter = New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(selString, conn)
            dt = New DataTable(System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath))
            conn.Open()
            adapter.Fill(dt)
            conn.Close()
        Catch ex As Exception
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
        Finally
            adapter.Dispose()
            conn.Dispose()
        End Try
        Return dt
    End Function

Thanks gurus

I only want to change the las field from "name,name" to "name name" as you can tell from the i.e all other fields are ok just the last one.

I am using vs2003

Thanks again

Thanks gurus

I only want to change the las field from "name,name" to "name name" as you can tell from the i.e all other fields are ok just the last one.

I am using vs2003

Thanks again

thanks Big S

I heard you on the ado but how would I go using IO regular net, I want to read a hold line
03/03/03,"xxxx","xxxxx","name name",xxxx,03/03/03,1.19,"xxxxx","name,name"

and change only the "name,name" to "name name" leaqving everything just like this

03/03/03,"xxxx","xxxxx","name name",xxxx,03/03/03,1.19,"xxxxx","name name"

Thanks a bunch

stanav? anyone please

Thanks a bunch guys for battling with me here