Re: [FWP] a better tab-delimited test parser

[Eric <evonzee@tritechnet.com>]

At 01:41 PM 9/15/00 , Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> wrote:
>On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 11:26:42AM -0300, martin langhoff wrote:
> > After looking in vain for a pm that implemented a tab-delimited file
> > parser
>
>Text::ParseWords, Text::CSV, Text::CSV_XS and DBD::CSV.
>
>Text::ParseWords is the simplest of the lot, DBD::CSV is the most
>expandable (if you're into DBI and SQL).

I've been using DBD::CSV to drive some simple lookups for a client that 
insisted they be able to edit their DB directly in Microsoft Excel. :P

It's been an easy experience so far - as long as you know some basic sql, 
you'll be happy with it.

-e



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