my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:CSV:f_dir=.;csv_sep_char=\t") or die "Cannot connect: " . $DBI::errstr;

I had a hard time trying the DBD::CSV example, until I saw in the documentation that the default value for csv_eol was \015\012 (I'm on Unix, so \n has other value here). When I stuck a csv_eol=\n to that line everything started to work.

Later I thought it would also be safe for Windows or Mac users to specify the csv_eol explicitly, since \n would map to the correct sequence of characters for the architecture. However, I haven't seen anyone recommending this ("Use always csv_eol=\n, unless working with files from other platforms"), maybe because there's a good reason for not doing so. Is there any?

Update: Fixed typo spotted by planetscape.

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David Serrano

In reply to Re^2: Parsing a 3-Column Tab-Deliminated File by Hue-Bond
in thread Parsing a 3-Column Tab-Deliminated File by UrbanHick

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