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How to set the CSV seperator in APEX for english and german Excel-versions

edited Sep 27, 2011 9:48PM in Oracle Application Express (MOSC) 5 commentsAnswered
    Hello,I have the follwing problem:- I created an application in APEX wich is used only in english language.- When a user in Germany downloads data from the english version into his german excel (as CSV) the data is not separated in Excel.- This happens because in german Excel the standard data separator is a semicolon an in english Excel this is a comma.- So APEX creates CSV from english application with comma separator and this can not be processed by german Excel.- I am not able to define a general separator (e.g. the semicolon) because the created application is used

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