Dear Paul, if I had to do that, I would look at function read.fwf() for importing your fixed width formatted text file and at package RODBC for connecting to your database (or function write.csv() for exporting as a CSV file). Hope this helps, - axel
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Paul Bernal <paulbernal07 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello everyone,
I have a text file which has no field name, however, I have a document that
says how the fields are sepparated (for example, field ship number goes
from position 1 to position 5, field vessel name goes from position 7 to
position 15, and so on).
I need to populate already created tables (contained in microsoft sql
server management studio) with the data contained in this text file .
Either that or convert that text file into a csv file so that it can be
read in easily.
Does R has a function that helps doing this or is there a way that R can
help? What options do I have?
Best regards,
Paul
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