How to export a sql table to csv file when commas are in fields

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I'm trying to move an existing db to a GoDaddy server. B/c of their security I must upload the tables as delimited files. Using commas works great, except some of the tables have commas in them. I've tried tabs and | - which works unless the table has a datetime field. Has anyone else had this problem?

Posted 22-Mar-10 15:47pm

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2010-03-22T15:57:00

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GoDaddy blows. Get out while you can.

The way to do it is to put your fields in quotes.

"val1", "val2,2", "val3"

etc

Posted 22-Mar-10 15:57pm

Christian Graus