Any Idea How to Parse a file Like This

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Any Idea How to Parse a file Like This

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October 7, 2010 at 12:07 pm

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I am getting a single file with the following contents and I need to parse it into different tables. Each table is defined a the line which contains =====. Then the first line below that will contain the field headers. Then below that will eventually contain the data. Then the whole thing repeats.
===== Domain Name
domain name~stage of life~stage of life ends~expiry date~ROID~Auth Info
===== Domain Contacts
domain name~contact type~contact id
===== Domain Status
domain name~status flag~status value
===== Domain Hosts
domain name~host sequence~host name
===== Contact Details
contact id~name~organization~email~phone~language~ROID~CPR category~whois privacy
===== Contact Postal Address
contact id~name~organization~street1~street2~street3~city~province(or state)~postal code~country_code
===== Domain Name
domain name2~stage of life2~stage of life ends2~expiry date2~ROID2~Auth Info2
===== Domain Contacts
domain name2~contact type2~contact id2
===== Domain Status
domain name2~status flag2~status value2
===== Domain Hosts
domain name2~host sequence2~host name2
===== Contact Details
contact id2~name2~organization2~email2~phone2~language2~ROID2~CPR category2~whois privacy2
===== Contact Postal Address
contact id2~name2~organization2~street1-2~street2-2~street3-2~city2~province(or state)2~postal code2~country_code2

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Derrick Smith SSChampion Points: 10833 More actions · Answer 1

You have a file with many tables and non-uniform delimiters and no target schema generated yet?

There is no graceful way to handle that.

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 2

I believe a script component is the only way to go. I hope you know VB or C#.

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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246985 More actions · Answer 3

I'm with Alvin (as usual) - Script Component with multiple outputs to your various different tables.

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 4

Phil, I think you and I might make an interesting team. 🙂

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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246985 More actions · Answer 5

Seems like we've both spent enough time doing this stuff to know what works, Mr One Million 😀

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ramses2nd Hall of Fame Points: 3720 More actions · Answer 6

Thanks very much, that's what I suspected but wanted to confirm before moving ahead with it.

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Phil Parkin (10/7/2010)
Seems like we've both spent enough time doing this stuff to know what works, Mr One Million 😀

😀

You understand that I didn't post a million all by myself, right? 😛

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Raunak Jhawar SSCoach Points: 15701 More actions · Answer 8

The table names are repeating(Domain Name etc. as you scroll down the file) as per the descrption provided.

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Raunak Jhawar (10/7/2010)
The table names are repeating(Domain Name etc. as you scroll down the file) as per the descrption provided.

And?

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ramses2nd (10/7/2010)
I am getting a single file with the following contents and I need to parse it into different tables. Each table is defined a the line which contains =====. Then the first line below that will contain the field headers. Then below that will eventually contain the data. Then the whole thing repeats.
===== Domain Name
domain name~stage of life~stage of life ends~expiry date~ROID~Auth Info
===== Domain Contacts
domain name~contact type~contact id
===== Domain Status
domain name~status flag~status value
===== Domain Hosts
domain name~host sequence~host name
===== Contact Details
contact id~name~organization~email~phone~language~ROID~CPR category~whois privacy
===== Contact Postal Address
contact id~name~organization~street1~street2~street3~city~province(or state)~postal code~country_code
===== Domain Name
domain name2~stage of life2~stage of life ends2~expiry date2~ROID2~Auth Info2
===== Domain Contacts
domain name2~contact type2~contact id2
===== Domain Status
domain name2~status flag2~status value2
===== Domain Hosts
domain name2~host sequence2~host name2
===== Contact Details
contact id2~name2~organization2~email2~phone2~language2~ROID2~CPR category2~whois privacy2
===== Contact Postal Address
contact id2~name2~organization2~street1-2~street2-2~street3-2~city2~province(or state)2~postal code2~country_code2

So post an example that has data in it so we can try stuff out. 😉

Also, should "Domain Name" be a table name of [Domain Name] or is it a schema.tablename combination as in Domain.Name?

Last but not least, your life would be a whole lot easier if these were all separate files. Can you not change them?

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)