Converting flat files to csv format

hi,
Iam converting flat files to csv format..the problem is that iam running a script for inserting values.while i run this script it works fine .but while i open this csv file the datas in the excel sheet is not coming in a single line that is for a particular record its moving to second line .there is a break for a single record.so there is a problem in conversion.can anything be done in it this to avoid the breaking of lines
thanks
Ratheesh

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It's called loss because you lose information when you convert it.
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could you please show with a sample example to write data in .csv format using UTL_file.
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How can i achieve this.
Thx

Hi,
There are two ways to acheive this.
First and which I prefer is creating a SQL script which will generate csv file at the specified location in CSV format. And then this SQL script can be called from your cron job similar to how you call stored procedure. Following is pseudo code that can be used -
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set feedback off
set prompt off
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<Your select statement>;
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Hi,
For more information, please check this link.
http://sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/46759682-0401-0010-1791-bd1972bc0b8a
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The flat file format is as below :
72/070414/114147/11973//100-//EA/00000000///04198//RRT0/RC23///////353825001511172/72/070414/123620/11973//1000//EA/00000000///04198//RRT0/RC23///////354762008125236/72/070414/125411/13814//1000//EA/00000000///04198//INV/ID06///////90000000002697/72/070414/140820/11973//1000//EA/00000000///04198//RRT0/RC23///////353057002479718/72/070414/145438/13814//1000//EA/00000000///04198//INV/ID06///////90000000002739/72/070414/145438/11973//1000-//EA/00000000///04198//INV/ID06///////353057002479718/72/070414/150008/13814//1000
It needs to be filtered by removing the '/' and also grouped based on two fields namely store number and transaction number. The sample XML output required is as below :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<MT_POLL07 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../MT_POLL07.xsd">
<MessageHeader>
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      <Name>C:/kai/perl/storemaster_home/stores/09100/inbound/POLL07.DOS</Name>
      <CreatedDate>Wed Feb 7 13:09:15 2007</CreatedDate>
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</MessageHeader>
<Transaction>
    <TransactionHeader>
      <TRANSACTION>20070414001559</TRANSACTION>
      <STORE_NO>09100</STORE_NO>
      <BOFTTP>72</BOFTTP>
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      <BOFTDT>070414</BOFTDT>
      <BOFTTM>114147</BOFTTM>
      <BOFSKU>11973</BOFSKU>
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      <BOFQTY>100</BOFQTY>
      <BOFQTN>-</BOFQTN>
      <BOFCST>0</BOFCST>
      <BOFCSN>+</BOFCSN>
      <BOFUM>EA</BOFUM>
      <BOFHRF>00000000</BOFHRF>
      <BOFSRF></BOFSRF>
      <BOFVND></BOFVND>
      <BOFLOC>04198</BOFLOC>
      <BOFEQT></BOFEQT>
      <BOFEQN>+</BOFEQN>
      <BOFRTP>RRT0</BOFRTP>
      <BOFREA>RC23</BOFREA>
      <BOFCID></BOFCID>
      <BOFAUT></BOFAUT>
      <BOFCUR></BOFCUR>
      <BOFPTP></BOFPTP>
      <BOFUPT></BOFUPT>
      <BOFUMR></BOFUMR>
      <BOFSRN>353825001511172</BOFSRN>
      <GMNUMBER>1</GMNUMBER>
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    <Item>
      <BOFTDT>070414</BOFTDT>
      <BOFTTM>123620</BOFTTM>
      <BOFSKU>11973</BOFSKU>
      <BOFUPC></BOFUPC>
      <BOFQTY>1000</BOFQTY>
      <BOFQTN>+</BOFQTN>
      <BOFCST>0</BOFCST>
      <BOFCSN>+</BOFCSN>
      <BOFUM>EA</BOFUM>
      <BOFHRF>00000000</BOFHRF>
      <BOFSRF></BOFSRF>
      <BOFVND></BOFVND>
      <BOFLOC>04198</BOFLOC>
      <BOFEQT></BOFEQT>
      <BOFEQN>+</BOFEQN>
      <BOFRTP>RRT0</BOFRTP>
      <BOFREA>RC23</BOFREA>
      <BOFCID></BOFCID>
      <BOFAUT></BOFAUT>
      <BOFCUR></BOFCUR>
      <BOFPTP></BOFPTP>
      <BOFUPT></BOFUPT>
      <BOFUMR></BOFUMR>
      <BOFSRN>354762008125236</BOFSRN>
      <GMNUMBER>2</GMNUMBER>
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</Transaction>
</MT_POLL07>
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Hi All,
How can I Download a file in .CSV Format?
I am using the below shown code.
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EXPORTING
BIN_FILESIZE                    =
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NO_AUTH_CHECK                   = ' '
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TABLES
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