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Classic ASP

CSV Set Cell by Index or Name

Demonstrates how to update the value of a CSV cell, or add new cells.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<body>
<%
success = 0

' We have the following CSV...

' permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round
' lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b
' mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed
' flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a
' infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a
' gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed

bCrlf = 1
set sb = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sb.AppendLine("permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round",bCrlf)
success = sb.AppendLine("lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b",bCrlf)
success = sb.AppendLine("mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed",bCrlf)
success = sb.AppendLine("flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a",bCrlf)
success = sb.AppendLine("infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a",bCrlf)
success = sb.AppendLine("gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed",bCrlf)

set csv = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Csv")

csv.HasColumnNames = 1
success = csv.LoadFromString(sb.GetAsString())

' Update the city "Gilbert" to "Tuscon".
success = csv.SetCell(3,4,"Tuscon")

' Add a new row.
row_idx = csv.NumRows
success = csv.SetCellByName(row_idx,"permalink","yelp")
success = csv.SetCellByName(row_idx,"company","Yelp")
success = csv.SetCellByName(row_idx,"numEmps","")
success = csv.SetCellByName(row_idx,"category","web")
success = csv.SetCellByName(row_idx,"city","San Francisco")
success = csv.SetCellByName(row_idx,"state","CA")
success = csv.SetCellByName(row_idx,"fundedDate","1-Jul-04")
success = csv.SetCellByName(row_idx,"raisedAmt","1000000")
success = csv.SetCellByName(row_idx,"raisedCurrency","USD")
success = csv.SetCellByName(row_idx,"round","a")

' Show the updated CSV:
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( csv.SaveToString()) & "</pre>"

' Output should be:
' permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round
' lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b
' mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed
' flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a
' infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Tuscon,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a
' gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed
' yelp,Yelp,,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Jul-04,1000000,USD,a

%>
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</html>