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Classic ASP

CSV Set Column Name

Demonstrates how to set the name of a column in a CSV.

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Classic ASP
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<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())

' Get each column name..
numCols = csv.NumColumns
i = 0
Do While i < numCols
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( csv.GetColumnName(i)) & "</pre>"
    i = i + 1
Loop
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "---") & "</pre>"

' Change the "numEmps" column name to "employeeCount"
success = csv.SetColumnName(2,"employeeCount")

numCols = csv.NumColumns
i = 0
Do While i < numCols
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( csv.GetColumnName(i)) & "</pre>"
    i = i + 1
Loop

' Use the updated column name...
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "---") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( csv.GetCellByName(3,"employeeCount")) & "</pre>"

' Output should be:

' permalink
' company
' numEmps
' category
' city
' state
' fundedDate
' raisedAmt
' raisedCurrency
' round
' ---
' permalink
' company
' employeeCount
' category
' city
' state
' fundedDate
' raisedAmt
' raisedCurrency
' round
' ---
' 105

%>
</body>
</html>