oops. sorry, didn't align my preformatted text. anyways, here's an easier-to-read reply Ü

basically, the system retrieves data from the database
depending on the value of the fields (analyst, account
type, region, etc...). after generating a report (which is
displayed on the webpage), the fields are stored in the csv
file (client.csv and analyst.csv) in order to generate
their equivalent graph values (Excel graph).

here's the code for generating client.csv....


open F, ">client.csv" or die "couldnt create file $!";

print F "CLIENT NAME,DC,FF,OTHERS\n";

     while ((@xgdat) = $dbh->dbnextrow(1))
      {
        $xgdat[0] =~ s/\,/ /g;
        print F "$xgdat[0],$xgdat[1],$xgdat[2],$xgdat[3]\n";
      }

close F, "client.csv";

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apparently, the data IS written to the file provided the
command (i.e. print F "$xgdat0,$xgdat1,$xgdat2,$xgdat3\n";)
is NOT in a loop. we tried writing it to the console (w/
the command still in the loop) and there were no problems
encountered. we still don't know why this happens.

btw, we also encountered an error with the die statement
after opening the file.

thanks again!

In reply to RE: Re: writing a file by Anonymous Monk
in thread writing a file by Anonymous Monk

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