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    <p>I am helping a non-profit organization organize their existing data into a database. The data includes about 200 records. They have been using a simple word document. I am starting the work of structuring the raw data so I can enter it in the database. I copied the data into Textpad and it did so nicely. That said the data is structured but is not a perfect match. For example some organizations have a website, some don't etc. Here is a sample of some information indicative of the remaining data:</p> <p><a href="http://s13.postimage.org/fl84yvc1j/data.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://s13.postimage.org/fl84yvc1j/data.png</a></p> <p>I have an ERD created, it has gone through a number of revisions and was given the green light by my mentor. At this point I am at the ETL(Extract, transform, load) Process</p> <ol> <li>Clean up the remaining partially structured but messy data. </li> <li>Put it into an Excel readable doc type, and be arranged into the applicable tables </li> <li>Create a data input SQL script.</li> <li>Run the script.</li> </ol> <p>I have done this already with some of the other data and it worked perfectly. </p> <p>The cleaning up and putting it into Excel (CSV or Tab Delimited) is where I need the guidance. Or is it better to convert it to XML? If I manually go through the text file to ensure all the headers(for lack of a better word) match like this:</p> <p><a href="http://s13.postimage.org/eil51dzg7/data2.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://s13.postimage.org/eil51dzg7/data2.png</a></p> <p>Is there a way to transfer it?</p> <p>I have researched this, and I was surprised I could not find any good information. [Updated] I just found the actual term, ETL Process. If I have to just start retyping and/or cut and pasting just let me know.</p>
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