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Just to add my twopenneth worth, I have also found this to be the case, sothe instructions provided by Bb are actually a bit misleading. regards Paul -----Original Message----- From: Harding, Derek [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 24 May 2001 11:30 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: order of fields in a bath create user Hi I just tried it and yes it works! Regards Derek -----Original Message----- From: Kate Boardman [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 24 May 2001 10:40 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: order of fields in a bath create user Carol, are you telling me that for you Blackboard doesn't demand the records to be encased in "" ?? Kate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kate Boardman Learning Technologies Team IT Service University of Durham South Road Durham DH1 3LE tel.: 0191 374 1502 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> -----Original Message----- From: A list to promote discussion amongst MLE Blackboard/Courseinfo users in UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Cooper, Carol D. Sent: 24 May 2001 10:28 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: order of fields in a bath create user I find with Excel97, that if I just put in the data (separate column for each field of course) that when you do save as csv (comma delimited file) Excel puts the commas in for you so there is no need to search and replace as Kate describes. What you have to be careful of is names which have an ' in them such as O'Riley, if you are not careful Bb rejects that record. So for these type of names you must put " round them e.g. "O'Reily". Carol ----- Carol Cooper eLearning Support Officer /Swyddoges Gynhaliaeth eDysgu Learning & Teaching Support Unit, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff CF5 2YB UK Uned Gynhaliaeth Dysgu Ac Addysgu, Athrofa Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd, Campws Llandaf, Rhodfa'r Gorllewinol, Caerdydd CF5 2YB DU Tel/Ffon: +44(0)29 2041 6264 | Fax/Ffacs: +44(0)29 2041 6257 work: http:// <http://www.uwic.ac.uk/ltsu> www.uwic.ac.uk/ltsu personal: http:// <http://www.carol-cooper.co.uk> www.carol-cooper.co.uk Nursing/therapy eLearning webring: <http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=nursingtherapyel> http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=nursingtherapyel -----Original Message----- From: Kate Boardman [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 18 May 2001 17:05 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [BLACKBOARD-USERGROUP] order of fields in a bath create user Good point Peter, and while we're on the subject, shall I share how I get these files, cos believe it or not it took a while to produce them, then if anyone's still wondering, my way works, and if anyone's got a better one, please let us all know! (Apparently you can do a similar-ish thing in Access) Create excel file with extra column of # or % either end. Save as .csv. Open in wordpad. Replace , with "," then #", with nothing and ,"% with nothing. Save and use to upload batches.