in reply to Re: Re (tilly) 4: OK, OK, I'm taking the DBI plunge. Now what?
in thread OK, OK, I'm taking the DBI plunge. Now what?

I consider going to fancier delimiters because your old ones broke a design mistake. The problem isn't that there is a right delimiter. The problem is that you are creating data formats with known limitations, and those limitations are going to bite you.

I rather prefer data formats with provisions for escaping mechanisms allowing them to handle arbitrary data. Nothing less will suffice to allow for reliable software.

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