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Re: PSPP-BUG: Very quick report: Variable length calculation in importin
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Ben Pfaff |
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Re: PSPP-BUG: Very quick report: Variable length calculation in importing delimited text data wizard |
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Mon, 7 Oct 2013 21:01:17 -0700 |
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On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 12:15:57PM +0000, Daniel Froud - HostelBookers wrote:
> Variable length calculation in importing delimited text data wizard
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> [cid:image001.png@01CEC35E.FD3341A0]
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> When importing data only 1000 lines are used for preview.
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> It automatically will calculate the width of the variables based on - only
> the first 1000 lines???
> [cid:image002.png@01CEC35E.FD3341A0]
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> What this can do is lead to truncation of your variable. My ID contains 12
> digits for example
> Can you offer a feature / tickbox where it can scan through all your data to
> determine the maximum length?
This is a good idea. I'm currently working on other features, so for
now I filed a bug report explaining the issue:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40201