Classic ASP

CSV Set Column Name

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

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<%
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

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