IBM® Informix® 12.10

Delimited records

Delimited records are records whose fields can vary in length. In a data file that contains delimited records, the records and fields are separated by a delimiter.

The following data file uses a vertical bar (|) as the field delimiter and a carriage return as the record delimiter:

John Brown|100 Main St.|Citadel|LA|215/887-1931
Mary Smith|3141 Temple Way|Chesapeake|AZ|415/812-9919
Larry Little|44 Elm Rd. # 6|Boston|MA|617/184-1231

The ipload utility uses the vertical bar and carriage return as the default field and record delimiters.

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To find the PDF, see Publications for the IBM Informix 12.10 family of products.
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Release date: March 2013