There is no actual standard definition of CSV so it's hard to answer without seeing your data. But DBD::CSV is built to handle almost all varieties as long as you give it the right settings for the end-of-line character ('\012' if the files were created on *nix, '\015' if the files were created on mac, and '\015\012' if on windows or any other character that separates the lines. You may also need to set the separator character (usually a comma, but often tab or semicolon, or whatever), the delimiter character (usually double quotes) and the escape character (usually a second double-quoate or a backslash). Once you have those set for the file, you should be able to use all DBI methods and do all basic SQL operations.

See SQL::Statement::Syntax for a list of the supported SQL syntax, see DBD::CSV for how to set the end-of-line, etc. and see DBI for basic usage.

In reply to Re: DBI::CSV usage by jZed
in thread DBI::CSV usage by mikejones

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