Hi Monks, I have a pipe delimited file having columns in different format. What would be the best way to validate it. 
eg) file.txt
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int|decimal(5,3)|varchar(5)|date|varchar(8)|decimal(14,3)...
actual values 
12|11.00|BILL|20130131|asd123q|1234.45|..
...
...
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I am splitting the columns and taking it to variables. Now how should I validate each fields ? The max value of the column is specified in the bracket. Eg, column 3 is defined as varchar(5) , it should not go more than 5byte. if a field is failing for validation I need to write the failure notification to another file. Expected output would be something like below 
int|decimal field not in range|varchar(5)|date|varchar(8)|decimal(14,3
+)...

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In reply to Efficient way to do field validation by govindkailas

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