Grab data from textfile which include special characters

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Hi all,

I've faced the big problem here where I use an array to store temporary data that I grab from textfile. However, some of the data contains of special characters e.g. "" or @

Full example: SPECIAL "FORCE" ARMY

How may I include the "" characters to array?

Posted 2-Jan-12 21:39pm

Luiey Ichigo

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2012-01-02T21:44:00

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I don't see that it should be a problem: just read the file into an array:

VB

Dim data As Byte() = File.ReadAllBytes("d:\Temp\MyTextFile.txt")

If you aren't doing this, what are you doing?

Posted 2-Jan-12 21:44pm

OriginalGriff

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Luiey Ichigo 3-Jan-12 20:12pm

Currently there are a lot of data in it such as name, address, phone number and annual fee for membership..this data contains at least 8000 line in text file a.k.a notepad. The data is listed as line by line. Some of the data contain the special character as I ask question above. So I need some guide to handle this because it got error when it reach to data that contains special char. I'm not sure whether I suppose to include the special char but handle the events OR get rid of special char (check for special char and remove it)..please help me.

Luiey Ichigo 3-Jan-12 20:14pm

Addition: I use command to upload the data into database from text file..

OriginalGriff 4-Jan-12 3:37am

AH! Theres your problem.
And I just bet you are doing it by concatenating your data into a command string?
Don't. Use a Parametrized query instead - you problem will disappear, as if by magic - and your database will be resistant to SQL Injection attack, as well.
If you aren't sure how, show me the code fragment that you use to insert to the database, and I will show you how to convert it.