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Re:CSVs Are Kinda Bad. DSVs Are Kinda Good by disgruntledphd2 on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @12:42PM (#41248030)
The problem is that people (non-technical mostly), put tabs in fields, and then you have all the problems that the article notes.
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Re:CSVs Are Kinda Bad. DSVs Are Kinda Good by ElevenLathe on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @12:44PM (#41248052)
I personally find that this happens (a lot) less often than with commas or quote characters.
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Re:CSVs Are Kinda Bad. DSVs Are Kinda Good by disgruntledphd2 on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @01:03PM (#41248227)
That's fair, but it only takes one to mess up the rest of the file.
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Re:CSVs Are Kinda Bad. DSVs Are Kinda Good by ElevenLathe on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @01:57PM (#41248781)
Agreed, that's why it's not good for production processes.
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