Hello,
I get an Excel spreadsheet, open it in a Calc sheet, and then Save As to a csv file. Then I open it in the BBEdit text editor on my Mac and examine it to make sure it’s properly delimited. Next I try to import it into a MySQL database using the LOAD DATA INFILE. This works well if I use Excel to do the Save As to csv file but not LIbre Calc sheet. It does save it as a UTF-8 file.
I’d love to get away from Excel if possible so looking for suggestions. Thanks.
Answering own question…
Turns out the Save As and Save As Copy both use the Unix line feed as the row terminator. I had the import set up to look for a Mac carriage return (CR). So the solution is to either change the import setting or change the line ending to a Mac CR in BBEdit which is just clicking a popup.
I did look through the Libre preferences and did not see anyway to change this. That would be nice as I don’t think some Mac apps would be so easy or friendly to the Unix LF issue.
@duanemitchell I realize you solved your problem. In the future, you may consider just a copy & paste from Calc to the table in Base - see answer in this post.