[ic] Help shop doesnt't work this morning :(

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Quoting Rene Hertell (rene@hertell.com):
> > I find it !
> >
> > I reinstall IC and recreate a new catalog.
> > I move all files one per one.
> > And the problem was my variables.txt that i have modified with microsoft
> > excel.
> > Excell add " to my file and this was the mistake.
> 
> When you open a file with excel, *you have to make sure* all fields are in
> "text" format (also numeric-fields etc). If not, excel makes too many
> decisions instead of you, and this may screws up your whole table, as you
> probably noticed...
> 

Someone might mention "Database variable EXCEL 1", but it must be
added *above* "VariableDatabase  variable" in catalog.cfg, i.e.:

	Database  variable  variable.txt  TAB
	Database  variable  EXCEL         1
	VariableDatabase variable

If there is a variable.dbm in your dbconf/* directory, you will want
to remove it to avoid a warning message.

Also, if you have the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel and Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
modules installed, you can export/import XLS files directly. (Remember
to make the sheet name the table name, as is done on export.)

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