How get a correct CSV file

Question

Hi,
I've this table:
CREATE TABLE TAB_BW (
COD VARCHAR2 (2),
COD_ID VARCHAR2 (20),
DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2 (64),
AREA NUMBER);
with these data:
INSERT INTO TAB_BW ( COD, COD_ID, DESCRIPTION, AREA ) VALUES (
'00', '000099', 'MY HOME', 21.654);
INSERT INTO TAB_BW ( COD, COD_ID, DESCRIPTION, AREA ) VALUES (
'01', '001234', 'MY HOME, MY DOG', 2111.3232);
INSERT INTO TAB_BW ( COD, COD_ID, DESCRIPTION, AREA ) VALUES (
'11', '033333', 'OK, NO', 1222.22);
INSERT INTO TAB_BW ( COD, COD_ID, DESCRIPTION, AREA ) VALUES (
'03', '111111', 'NOW', 12);
INSERT INTO TAB_BW ( COD, COD_ID, DESCRIPTION, AREA ) VALUES (
'05', '000001', 'GOOD BYE', 1234567.34234);
Now I'd like to create a CSV file with these data
I created this pl/sql stored procedure:
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure BW is
file_a sys.utl_file.file_type;
     file_l sys.utl_file.file_type;
DATA_ELAB varchar2(50);
MSG varchar2(200);
directory varchar2(50) := 'C:\EXTRACT';
file_name varchar2(50) := 'BW';
VAR_COD VARCHAR2(66);
VAR_COD_ID VARCHAR2(20);
VAR_DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(64);
VAR_AREA VARCHAR2(64);
CURSOR CUR_IMM IS
SELECT COD,
COD_ID,
DESCRIPTION,
AREA
FROM TAB_BW;
PROCEDURE GET_DATA_DAY IS
begin
     SELECT to_char(SYSDATE,'Day dd Month yyyy * hh24:mi:ss')
INTO DATA_ELAB
FROM DUAL;
end GET_DATA_DAY;
PROCEDURE OPEN_FILE IS
BEGIN
file_a :=
sys.utl_file.fopen(directory,file_name||'_'||TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD_MM_YYYY')||'.
csv','w');
END OPEN_FILE;
PROCEDURE CLOSE_FILE IS
BEGIN
sys.utl_file.fclose(file_a);
END CLOSE_FILE;
PROCEDURE NOT_FOUND IS
BEGIN
sys.utl_file.put_line(file_l,('DATA NOT FOUND'));
END NOT_FOUND;
PROCEDURE WRITE_DATA IS
BEGIN
sys.utl_file.put_line(file_a,VAR_COD||','||VAR_COD_ID||','||VAR_DESCRIPTION||'
,'||VAR_AREA);
END WRITE_DATA;
BEGIN
OPEN_FILE;
GET_DATA_DAY;
OPEN CUR_IMM;
IF (CUR_IMM%NOTFOUND)
THEN
NOT_FOUND;
ELSE
LOOP
FETCH CUR_IMM INTO VAR_COD,
VAR_COD_ID,
VAR_DESCRIPTION,
VAR_AREA;
EXIT WHEN (CUR_IMM%NOTFOUND);
WRITE_DATA;
END LOOP;
END IF;
CLOSE CUR_IMM;
GET_DATA_DAY;
CLOSE_FILE;
END BW;
but when I open the file BW.csv
I get these output:
COD......COD_ID...........DESCRIPTION...........AREA
00.......000099...........MY HOME...............21.654
01.......001234...........MY HOME...............MY DOG...........2111.3232
11.......033333...........OK....................NO................1222.22
03.......111111...........NOW....................12
05.......000001...........GOOD BYE...............1234567.34234
I'd like to get this output when I open the file BW.csv:
COD......COD_ID...........DESCRIPTION...........AREA
00.......000099...........MY HOME...............21.654
01.......001234...........MY HOME, MY DOG.......2,111.3232
11.......033333...........OK, NO................1,222.22
03.......111111...........NOW....................12
05.......000001...........GOOD BYE...............1,234,567.34234
How Can I modify my procedure to get this output?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

MY HOME and MY DOG
OK and NO
are in separated columns
I'd like to have it in same columnsEnclose the strings in double quotes
Something like
00.......000099..........."MY HOME"...............21.654Two more thing I just noticed:
- Some of your rows seems to have 5 columns instead of 4
- Excel is going to convert your Id to Numbers; 000 will be displayed as 99
By the way your format is just a fixed-length format but not a CSV-format.
CSV (comma separated values) would be something like
"COD";"COD_ID";"DESCRIPTION";"AREA"
"00";"000099";"MY HOME",21.654