Let me add that if there is already a blank line at the end of the file it does not keep adding new lines. One of the ways to avoid this issue is to use SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), but it doesn't always make sense to use SSIS for simple operations. Actually the file created by me is processed by Java System. Line breaks are duplicated. It seems like there’s additional empty line between every line. How can one insert a carriage return or line-feed into a text field so that one can "force" a blank line ... utl_file.fclose(file_status); END; / In this case, it is generating test.txt file and if I mail the contents of the file through mailx , then formatting is correct and there is no "!" The only problem is when 1 or more rows don't end up with line feed and or carriage return. By default, it will place the LF character at the end of the line if your application server is Unix/Linux. I think this row is just the result of Windows adding DOS carriage control characters (CR and LF).
I plan to add some codes to check the end of each row for chr(10) since it is looping for every row anyway. Sometimes unwanted end of line characters are part of the source file and these can create issues when importing the data. You don't need to use addition WITH NATIVE LINEFEED.
If there is NO blank line then when I save the file a new blank line is added. not at x_line+499(1) what you're asking for). On writing a text file using SQR, the carriage return and the line feed at the end of the file writes up automatically. The problem is that I am creating a file over Application server, here I am using K/W TRANSFER, transfer puts a default LF at the end of each line.
I actually want some files to have no blank line at the end. DOS Carriage Return and Line Feed in CSV files Posted 09-22-2014 (4840 views) Hi, I am using ods csvall to export a SAS data set to csv. If i try binary mode i will get a carriage return after every line in the text file, ascii mode puts one carriage return at the end of the very last line of the text file.
TRANSFER x_line TO v_filename LENGTH 500. Thanks. After transferring or editing a file, it may happen that line breaks are wrong, what may manifest as: Line breaks are lost. Subject: [peopletools-l] Carriage return and the line feed at the end. Can any one suggest me how to remove the same else how to add the backspace character code in the SQR code. character. But my requirement is a CRLF at the end of each line, when I am using CRLF from ABAP Class then it creates LF + CRLF at the end of a record. It seems like if a whole file content is on a single line. i've tested transfering that same text file with normal FTP and it doesn't add that carriage return. There’s strange symbol/character at the end of every line. The problem is, at the end of the file SAS (or Windows) inserts a blank row. Posted by shanvsv on Feb 25 at 2:02 PM . Of course, using LENGTH 500 means that the LF is written at position x_line+500(1) (i.e.