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How can I do this ?!

Or ... is there a way to write a script that imports a textfile ... but not tab-delimited but with like this:

"street1";"zipcode1";"place1";"description1"

"street2";"zipcode2";"place2";"description2"

"street3";"zipcode3";"place3";"description3"

The reason:

sometimes the description field contais carriage returns or tabs, which leads to errors during importing

Patrick

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Hello,

I have worked with XML files for about three years... ever since Apple implemented it for their import/export "users & groups" on AppleShare IP & OSX servers. I have tried to create a FileMaker system where I import the data into one field and do different functions to separate the data into certain fields. I have made it work, but it is inconsistent and wrought with data integrity problems.

I have found that my data is much more accurate when I first open the XML file in a word processor and

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