reading csv - MySQL files (Point - Comma Problem)

Posted by drfg2008 on Feb 13, 2012; 9:15am
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/reading-csv-MySQL-files-Point-Comma-Problem-tp5478556.html

SPSS 20

we try to read csv-files from (MySQL-) sources who use comma instead of semicolon and points as decimal. Is there a command in SPSS which I could set at the beginning of the syntax to let the program know that decimals are points not comma and separators of variables are comma instead of semicolon (if possible only temporary since most of the files come with comma instead of point as decimal).

Thanks,
Frank