Re: how to use fgets to Break file into individual records

I'm not sure I understand. In a CSV file a row is a record. Do you mean individual fields of the record? There's split, or m// with captures, or you could write a full parser with something like Parse::YAPP or Parse::RecDescent.

There are a number of tools that do this correctly already, and very few first-time attempts get it right. Take a look at these:

Text::CSV
Parse::CSV
DBD::CSV^*
DBD::RAM^*
DBD::AnyData^*

^* These require DBI and to treat the data as if it was a database.^**
^** That's handy if you're already using DBI for something else in the application or intend to replace the CSV files with a database later.

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