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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 20:04,
            Swarup <<a href="mailto:dinbandhu@sprynet.com"
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              <div>On 8/6/20 1:22 PM, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:<br>
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                    <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 6 Aug 2020
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                        <div>On 8/6/20 12:54 PM, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:<br>
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                              style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small">Hi
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                              style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small">KEXI
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                        If that is the case then why is the .csv file I
                        browse to greyed out in the import window. The
                        import function is not permitting me to select
                        the file of type .csv for import. <br>
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                        style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small">"External
                        Data -> Import Data from file" supports CSV.</div>
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                        style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small">"External
                        Data -> Import tables" supports TSV which is
                        a special tab-based subset of CSV formats.</div>
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              Ok, I see how it works-- that is very good. <br>
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              Now: If I want to make adjustments in the parameters of
              the table, say, increasing the number of columns beyond
              the number currently in the .csv file, and increasing the
              number of characters permitted in a cell, do I do that
              before or after carrying out the import procedure?<br>
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            because altering table in-place is not supported at the
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    But the table doesn't exist in Kexi until I import the .csv file.
    There is no table for which to go into design view and alter the
    parameters. Upon importing the .csv, the table gets created. So
    before importing the .csv,where is the table in which I would go
    into design view and add more columns, and increase the number of
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                              I wanted to point out that the CSV format:</div>
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                              does not define representation of multiple
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                              style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:small">This
                              is all application defined. MDB defines it
                              so it could be useful for the import.</div>
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                              <div> Hi there, <br>
                                So I have installed KDE Neon on my
                                system using VM Ware, and by installing
                                kexi there found that the export
                                function worked and I was able to export
                                my table from kexi, as a file of .csv
                                format, which is perfect.<br>
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                                I would like to now important that .csv
                                table back into kexi, this time adding
                                more columns and increasing the number
                                of permitted characters per cell. So I
                                brought the .csv file over to my Ubuntu
                                OS, and in Ubuntu I opened Kexi and
                                opened the import function. However when
                                I browse to the folder where the .csv
                                file is located, everything is grayed
                                out including the .csv file. Can Kexi
                                import tables of type .csv, or does the
                                file have to be of type .mdb?<br>
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                                Thanks,<br>
                                Swarup<br>
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                            <div>regards, Jaroslaw Staniek<br>
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