From: Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
Date: 2006-08-24T21:49:04+09:00
Subject: Re: YAML or CSV?

James Cribbs wrote:
> Peter Bailey wrote:
>> value? A hash is only a "2-column" entity, isn't it, one key, one value? 
>> Do I just make all the cells in a row one value, with a comma or 
>> something between them as a way to distinguish each cell? In other 
>> words, use the has to match the incoming filename, then, make the row 
>> that it's in an array and take it from there? (I'm thinking out loud 
>> here.)
>>   
> If you don't mind installing an additional library, take a look at
> KirbyBase (http://netpromi.com/kirbybase_ruby.html).  If you have
> imported your file into a spreadsheet, then you can do a csv export from
> the spreadsheet to get a csv file.  KirbyBase will allow you to import
> this csv file and, bingo, you now have a KirbyBase table.  You can
> easily do searches against the table to find records with filenames
> matching your incoming file.  Additionally, the record is returned to
> you as a Struct object, so you can easily access the other fields.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Jamey Cribbs
> 
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Thanks, Jamey. Yes, I've seen the KirbyBase web site before, just in 
perusing all things Ruby. I remember his dog there on the home page. 
That was months ago though. But, yes, now I can probably use something 
just like this. I'm going to have to read up on "Struct" objects, but, I 
assume it just means that it's in a useable form for my needs. Thanks 
again.

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