0006312: Localise (or make user-customisable) the separator used for CSV output

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0006312	mantisbt	csv	public	2005-10-03 07:43	2013-01-04 04:41

Reporter	Arno Slatius	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	tweak	Reproducibility	always
Status	acknowledged	Resolution	open
Product Version	1.0.0rc2

Summary	0006312: Localise (or make user-customisable) the separator used for CSV output
Description	The CSV export (csv_export.php) does not allways import correctly in Excel. Depending on a setting in Windows (control panel -> Regional and Language options -> Customise -> List seperator). In many languages this is ',' but ';' is also often found. Suggestion: Make it possible to either select the list seperator prior to exporting the file or configure the list seperator in the language file. The first would have my personal preference.
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dhx 2009-06-27 13:45 reporter ~0022293	Making this change would prevent us from calling this feature "CSV" (comma separated values). Instead we'd have to go for a more generic name such as "DSV" (delimiter separated values). This is still a valid feature request though.

atrol 2013-01-04 04:41 developer ~0034694	Arno Slatius wrote: Make it possible to either select the list seperator prior to exporting the file This is not possible at the moment but there is a customization option $g_csv_separator = ','; for it.