[CSV] Number of lines in CSV files

Dave Cole djc at object-craft.com.au
Wed Jan 29 01:08:16 CET 2003


>>>>> "Cliff" == Cliff Wells <LogiplexSoftware at earthlink.net> writes:

Cliff> Another thing that just occurred to me is that Excel has
Cliff> historically been limited in the number of rows and columns
Cliff> that it can import.  This number has increased with recent
Cliff> versions (I think it was 32K lines in Excel 97, Kevin informs
Cliff> me it's 64K in Excel 2000).

Cliff> Since export will be a feature of the CSV module, should we
Cliff> have some sort of warning or raise an exception when exporting
Cliff> data larger than the target application can handle, or should
Cliff> we just punt on this?

Arrrgggg.  My brain just dribbled out of my ears...

- Dave

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