> > > > So you are looking for duplicates on any field? Wouldn't you > > just be looking for a dup on the Name? Shouldn't the CustCode > > field be unique? > > Has your company thought about importing these files into a > > relational database. Would be much faster and easier. > > This will not solve the problem of Paul, since it's possible > by accident to insert the "same customer" > with different customer code in the database. > The problem here if I well understood, is to have a tool that > will check such duplication. > > José.
Hi José I realize this does not solve the immediate problem. I was suggesting the use of a database for future use. I would like to help solve this with perl, but wanted to get some more information from Paul first. btw, a DB like Oracle can be used to prevent such duplications. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]