Commas in my CSV file data

Question

Hi everyone,
I am trying to create a csv file.
One field that I am trying to out put is the description and has commas, that is throwing my columns out of sync.
I have tries putting the charactor ' around the data but all it does is output that charactor in the data.
my code is this
     public File createFile(Vector downloadObject){
          Iterator iterator = downloadObject.iterator();
          String query ="";
          try {
               Format formatter2 = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyyyy");
               String fileName="DELIVERY" + ".csv";
               File file = new File(fileName);
               StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer();
               while (iterator.hasNext()){
                    VODownloadObject downloadObject2 = (VODownloadObject)iterator.next();
                    query =
                         "'" +
                         downloadObject2.getStrokeNumber().trim()
                         + "','"+ downloadObject2.getJdeIdNumber()
                         + "','"+ downloadObject2.getRollNumber()
                         + "','"+ downloadObject2.getSupplier()
                         + "',"+ ",'"+ downloadObject2.getQuality()
                         + "','"+ downloadObject2.getColour()
                         + "','"+ downloadObject2.getSupplierRollNumber()
                         + "',"+ ",'"+ downloadObject2.getDeliveryDate()
                         + "','"+ downloadObject2.getFabricComposition()
                         + "',"+ ","+ ",'"+ downloadObject2.getTicketLength()
                         + "','"+ downloadObject2.getTicketWidth()
                         + "',"+ ","+ ","+ ",";
                    output.append(query + "\r\n");
               BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(fileName));
               out.write(output.toString());
               out.close();
               return file;
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
               return null;
     }the output is this.
'PA?????T','2/664659 ','153920','Menswear Formal, Shirts ',,'null','null',' ',,'11/07/2006','null',,,'-330000',' ',
in the "'Menswear Formal, Shirts " field, this is one field but it is splitting up into 2 fields because there is a comma after Formal. Anyone know how I can keep this as one field but with a comma in it?
thanks in advance

Answer 1

I have abandoned my last appoach altogether
I am using com.Ostermiller.util.CSVPrinter
here is my final working class
     public File createFile(Vector downloadObject){
          Iterator iterator = downloadObject.iterator();
          String query ="";
          try {
               Format formatter2 = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyyyy");
               String fileName="DELIVERY" + ".csv";
               File file = new File(fileName);
               BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(fileName));
               ExcelCSVPrinter ecsvp = new ExcelCSVPrinter(
                         out
               while (iterator.hasNext()){
                    VODownloadObject downloadObject2 = (VODownloadObject)iterator.next();
                    String quality = " ";
                    if (downloadObject2.getQuality()!=null){
                         quality = downloadObject2.getQuality().trim();
                    String colour = " ";
                    if (downloadObject2.getColour()!=null){
                         colour = downloadObject2.getColour().trim();
                    String fabricComposition = " ";
                    if (downloadObject2.getFabricComposition()!=null){
                         fabricComposition =downloadObject2.getFabricComposition().trim();
                    ecsvp.writeln(new String [] {
                               downloadObject2.getStrokeNumber().trim(),downloadObject2.getJdeIdNumber().trim(),
                               downloadObject2.getRollNumber(), downloadObject2.getSupplier().trim(), " " ,
                               quality , colour , downloadObject2.getSupplierRollNumber().trim() , " ",
                               downloadObject2.getDeliveryDate().trim(), fabricComposition , " ", " ",
                               downloadObject2.getTicketLength(), downloadObject2.getTicketWidth().trim(),
               out.close();
               return file;
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
               return null;
     }