I am working on a project to load Excel data into a database. I am converting the Excel files into .csv files and using sqlldr to insert the data into the database.

I have just discovered that although an Excel file saves correctly as a .csv file, pertaining to one row per line, when I read the data line by line to add further columns for each line multiple line cells are wrapped in quotes but contain newlines. So as I read the file line by line it breaks apart this cell into new rows. I don't want that.

I haven't discovered a way to read line by line but ignore new lines within quotes. Or I am open to any other way to manipulate the data to add it to a database. Here's an example of a line from the csv: 

MM01,aluminum,AMS-QQ-A250/11,Raiser,N/A,W6548,Distributor,MiTech,,"PO#
+F63254PO#H54675PO#G87954"

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So I basically need to find the true end of the line. Thanks!

In reply to Ignore newlines within quotes while reading a line in a text file by jab43

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