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Importing a Subscriber Database
This section describes the file format required to import data into the Subscriber database. There is no way to
undo this operation, therefore DO A DATABASE BACKUP FIRST and verify the updated data before the
changed database is placed in service. If there are problems, restore the Subscriber database from the backup.
The file of new data record entries must be in tab delimited text format. It must be placed in the Escort
subdirectory (typically C:\Escort) and be named TABMERGE.DAT. The data fields must be in the following order,
delimited by the horizontal tab character (decimal 8) and the record must be terminated with a carriage return
(decimal 13). If a data field has no data just store the terminating tab character for that field. The total number of
characters in all the fields of a record must be 255 characters or less, including the tab and carriage return
characters. After the TABMERGE.DAT file is stored in the Escort subdirectory, start ESC32.EXE, enter the
Subscriber database and click the DATA MERGE button. Be patient, it may take a while, watch for the disk
activity to stop. After the data is successfully merged it is a good idea to remove the TABMERGE.DAT file, to
disable the DATA MERGE feature.
Data fields in required
order
Subscriber Name
Subscriber ID
Here Phone Number
Here Address 1
Here Address 2
Here City
Here State
Here Zip
Away Phone Number
Away Address 1
Away Address 2
Away City
Away State
Away Zip
Supplemental Text Field
1
Supplemental Text Field
2
Supplemental Text Field
3
Supplemental Text Field
4
Pager Phone Number
Pager Password
Pager Pager ID
Excel
Column
A
This field may be up to 30 characters. This field may contain any
printable ASCII character except the '?'.
B
This field may be up to 12 characters. This field may contain only
ALPHA, numeric and the dash ASCII characters.
C
This field may be up to 16 characters. This field may
contain only numeric, '#', '*', '(', ')', comma and the dash
D
This field may be up to 30 characters. This field may contain any
printable ASCII character except the '?'.
E
This field may be up to 30 characters. This field may contain any
printable ASCII character except the '?'.
F
This field may be up to 20 characters. This field may contain any
printable ASCII character except the '?'.
G
This field may be up to 3 characters. This field may contain only
H
This field may be up to 10 characters. This field may contain only
ALPHA, numeric and the dash ASCII characters.
I
This field may be up to 16 characters. This field may contain only
numeric, '#', '*', '(', ')', comma and the dash ASCII characters.
J
This field may be up to 30 characters. This field may contain any
printable ASCII character except the '?'.
K
This field may be up to 30 characters. This field may contain any
printable ASCII character except the '?'.
L
This field may be up to 20 characters. This field may contain any
printable ASCII character except the '?'.
M
This field may be up to 3 characters. This field may contain only
N
This field may be up to 10 characters. This field may contain only
ALPHA, numeric and the dash ASCII characters.
O
This field may be up to 254 characters. This field may contain
any printable ASCII character except the '?'.
P
This field may be up to 254 characters. This field may contain
any printable ASCII character except the '?'.
Q
This field may be up to 254 characters. This field may contain
any printable ASCII character except the '?'.
R
This field may be up to 254 characters. This field may contain
any printable ASCII character except the '?'.
S
This field may be up to 16 characters. This field may contain only
numeric, '#', '*', '(', ')', comma and the dash ASCII characters.
T
This field may be up to 6 characters. This field may contain only
numeric, and ALPHA ASCII characters.
U
This field may be up to 10 characters. This field may contain only
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Restrictions
ASCII characters.
ALPHA ASCII characters.
ALPHA ASCII characters.
numeric ASCII characters.
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