[Download-List] Extracting multi-values as one block of text

[Ohlandt, George W.]

I've run into the same problem in other fields.  Have you tried this trick?

DOWNLOAD COURSES CRS.DESC NUM.VALUES ALL DEFAULT VALUE.SEPARATOR ' '

You may need to add a DEFAULT SUBVALUE.SEPARATOR ' ' as well.

George W. Ohlandt
Executive Director, Enrollment Management
Medical University of South Carolina
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From: download-list-bounces at cedarville.edu [mailto:download-list-bounces at cedarville.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Pizer
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [Download-List] Extracting multi-values as one block of text

We have always had a problem downloading the Course Description using multiple tools all seem to stop at 126 characters.  Informer is about the only thing that seems to work and even that is iffy.  I'd love to hear if anybody has cracked this egg.


Bill Pizer
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The Sage Colleges
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From: "Jeffery G. Summers" <jsummers at transy.edu>
Date: 03/23/2010 12:16 PM
To: Download <download-list at cedarville.edu>
Subject: Re: [Download-List] Extracting multi-values as one block of text

I gave Brian's CONVERT suggestion a whirl but have run into a problem.
My sample course record's CRS.DESC is stored as:
A course designed to provide the student with a^253basic understanding of the nature and principles^253of war, national power, and the Department of^253Defense role in the organization of national^253security. The student also develops leadership^253abilities by participating in a military^253organization, the cadet corps, which offers a wide^253variety of situations demanding effective^253leadership.  Course taught at the University of^253Kentucky.
Doing a SELECT and DOWNLOAD COURSES CRS.DESC it comes out (as expected):
"A course designed to provide the student with a"
Doing DOWNLOAD COURSES EVAL "CONVERT(@VM,' ',CRS.DESC)" it comes out as:
"A course designed to provide the student with a basic understanding of the nature and principles of war, national power, and t"
All of my descriptions stop at 126 characters (the field itself is 50 characters).  Is there something else I'm missing?  Any suggestions?  Thanks!
Regards,
Jeffery G. Summers
Administrative Computing
Transylvania University
Office: 859-233-8134
Direct: 859-233-8139
From: download-list-bounces at cedarville.edu [mailto:download-list-bounces at cedarville.edu] On Behalf Of Brian McGuire
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 3:09 PM
To: Cedarville DOWNLOAD Users
Subject: Re: [Download-List] Extracting multi-values as one block of text
I usually do a CONVERT(@VM , ' ', CRS.DESC)    for this.  That second parameter is a space between quotes.
Brian McGuire, Ph.D., MAS
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From: download-list-bounces at cedarville.edu [mailto:download-list-bounces at cedarville.edu] On Behalf Of Jeffery G. Summers
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 11:51 AM
To: Download
Subject: [Download-List] Extracting multi-values as one block of text
I've always used NUM.VALUES for a multi-valued field, but can DOWNLOAD extract data (like CRS.DESC) as one column including all the lines of text?  I can do this in Querybuilder using reformat and I've never investigated whether DOWNLOAD could do the same.  If so this could be very useful...is this possible and if so, how?  Thanks!
Regards,
Jeffery G. Summers
Administrative Computing
Transylvania University
Office: 859-233-8134
Direct: 859-233-8139
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