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ID	43🔗
Date:	2013-10-05 06:48:44
Status	Closed (Can Not Replicate)
Category	datatool
Version	1.0
Summary	I am not able to compile tex file created for displaying database. The `\DTLdisplaydb` gives missing number inserted error.
OS	Ubuntu 13.04

Description

I imported a .csv file using datatooltk-gui after enabling `map tex characters when importing data from csv or SQL because there is a e-mail field which contains data that contains @. I created the small file attached below. It doesn't compile in latex. I can send the .dbtex file also if necessary.

MWE

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{datatool}
\input{macs-re-registration-contact-details-only-for-tex.dbtex}
\begin{document}
\DTLdisplaydb{macs-june-2013}
\end{document}

Evaluation

The @ character isn’t a special character so there’s no need to map it. Example CSV file (test.csv):

Name,Email
Jane Doe,jane.doe@example.com
John Smith,john.smith@example.com

Calling datatooltk from the command line (no mapping):

datatooltk --csv test.csv --output test.dbtex --name test

Document code:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{datatool}

\input{test.dbtex}

\begin{document}
\DTLdisplaydb{test}
\end{document}

This compiles correctly and works as expected. Also works with --map-tex-specials (which is what the GUI does with the “map TeX special characters” option enabled):

datatooltk --csv test.csv --output test.dbtex --name test --map-tex-specials

However, there are no special characters to map so there’s no difference in the created .dbtex files. Without further information to reproduce the error I’ll have to close this.

Comments

1 comment.

🔗Comment from Nicola Talbot 🦜
Date: 2014-01-14 00:00:00

Can you send the .dbtex file? Or copy and paste contents of it in the comments box.

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