Bill FellowsFeb 1, 2023

2 months ago Me: passes out after explaining in great detail the differences between fixed width and delimited files.

Them: We need a fixed width file but with row delimiters.

M: Ok, did you want CR, LF or CRLF?

T: CRLF

*today*
T: Yeah, we're testing and all of the rows are 1 byte too long. It looks like you used CRLF instead of just LF. Why did you do that?

M: It is a mystery, isn't it? But I'll fix it.

Show threadPhillip Labry
@billinkc I’m trying to wrap my head around the concept of a very detailed discussion between fixed width and delimited. If I had to spend more than 2 minutes explaining, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have asked about CR,LF or CRLF and just picked one for them. You’re a man of great patience.
Feb 2, 2023 at 2:28amWeb
Show threadBill FellowsFeb 2, 2023
@Labry these were the people that needed us to write the line feed character into the files but not have it start a new line in the file if the actual source data also contained a linefeed.
This project has been something.