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Apply header from one file to another data file

Skyrone
7 - Meteor

Hi everyone,

 

I've been looking in the discussions about that particular need but couldn't find the answer to my question.

 

Here's my struggle. I've got two files :

- File1 : my data

- File2 : the header description of my data

 

I'd like to find a method to automatically apply headers from File2 to File1.

 

Here's an example of File1 :

Field_StringField_DateField_Int
Helloworld36526123
Toto44198456

 

And of File2 (I have it in delimited file, every columns has a length of 30 characters but I adapt it this way) :

FieldnameLengthDatatypeOthers infos…
Field_String000020CHAR 
Field_Date000008DATE 
Field_Int000005INT 

 

Obviously, the metadata obtained with Basic Data Profile on File1 should look like what I have in File2, but that's not entirely the case (especially for date columns).

Do you know a way to do it?

 

Thank you for your help! 

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Skyrone
7 - Meteor

It works, hopefully it will on my data.

 

Thank you again !! That's wonderful news for me...

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