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Is this a row to row compare?

How is the place hjolder value determined?

Where does the place holder data come from?

mlmcc

It will be a row to row comparison.

My problem at the moment is I have a separate data (company, address, postcode, etc) in excel which is separate to the main table and no join table existed because the original source data is TXT file.

Is there any way I can use this separate data (e.g. create a formula) then do a condition formula row to row as explained above.

I'm still formulating my placeholder...I don't think it can even be done. The would be placeholder information would come from the separate data...which is not joined.

My aim is simply, do a condition formula row from table to row from separate data......not sure how it can be done?

thanks again.

You _might_ be able to use a LEFT OUTER JOIN from the original file to the "place holder" file on the Code column, and use the record selection to only include the records where the Code column in the "place holder" file is null, meaning that no matching Code was found in the "place holder" file.  That could work, depending on your files, etc.

 Another option might be to use a subreport to read the "place holder" file and store the codes in an array, and then compare the Code's from the main file with the values in the array, based on the record number.  Arrays are limited to 1000 elements.  If you have 700 rows, then that's not a problem.  But if you could have more than 1000, that would complicate things, but it could still be done.

 The first option (joining the files) seems simpler to me, so I'd suggest that you try that first.

 James

i apologise in advance...i should have been more precise and provide more samples on this post...apologies again.

Here's what I'm trying to achieve and not sure if it can be done.

My source file is a TXT file (see enclosed) whereby the data are predetermined and have predetermined character position (see enclosed file).

Enclosed is the transport record saved in XL (e.g., customer code, transport company name etc).

Aim:
From the TXT source file, on some given days, this file could end up having multiple rows.

What I'm tring to match is the customer code (e.g. 115228) from the TXT source file with the customer code from the transport XL file. If the customer code matched, I will use the transport details address from the transports XL file. If not, I'll use the delivery address from the the TXT source file.


My problem is how on earth Am I going to going the two files using CR?  Impossible?

Thanks James from your early post...I've learned some ideas again.

Thanks a lot!


text-position.xls
transport.xlsx
shipment-gmk-20101221-081002-030.txt

My problem is how on earth Am I going to join the two files together using CR?  Impossible?

Thanks James

You're welcome.  Glad I could help.  And, of course, if you want help with a specific approach, you can always ask another question.  I didn't want to try to get into the details until I knew which direction you wanted to go.

 James