Hi Team,
My requirement: Save the output of a query into Excel.
Limitations: My query results are more than 65K.
Method tried: Save it as CSV - Open CSV - Convert Text to Columns - Save as Excel
Issue Description:
I saved the result of a Toad query as a .CSV file ( Export Format: Delimited Text File and saved the file with .CSV extension). The delimilter used was PIPE (|). I also tried with Semi Colon (;).
My query results have the following columns -
Col_1, Col_2, Col_3, Col_4
Col_3 has data which has comma in it in few rows. (Ex: aaaaaa,dddddd)
When I open the CSV file, all rows which does not have comma in Col_3 have it’s entire data in the first field in the excel.
But, those rows with a comma in Col_3 have it’s data splitted into two fields.
This jeopardizes my results when I do a “Text to Columns” feature.
Question: Why Toad considers my Comma (embedded in Col_3) and saves it in a separate field when saving it as a CSV though my delimiter is PIPE or Semi Colon.
Thanks in advance for your help
Cheers,
Anand