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I have been given a CSV file with more than the MAX Excel can handle, and I really need to be able to see all the data. I understand and have tried the method of "splitting" it, but it doesnt work.
Some background: The CSV file is an Excel CSV file, and the person who gave the file has said there are about 2m rows of data.
When I import it into Excel, I get data up to row 1,048,576, then re-import it in a new tab starting at row 1,048,577 in the data, but it only gives me one row, and I know for a fact that there should be more (not only because of the fact that "the person" said there are more than 2 million, but because of the information in the last few sets of rows)
I thought that maybe the reason for this happening is because I have been provided the CSV file as an Excel CSV file, and so all the information past 1,048,576 is lost (?).
DO I need to ask for a file in an SQL database format?
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You may generate large csv file yourself manually - save about million of rows from excel as csv, open such csv in Notepad, copy and add or add manually another half millions of rows or so, close the file. Now try to open in Excel - it will show only first million. Try to open in Notepad++ , it will show entire file.
So, how do you open large CSV files in Excel? Essentially, there are two options: Split the CSV file into multiple smaller files that do fit within the 1,048,576 row limit; or, Find an Excel add-in that supports CSV files with a higher number of rows.
CSV files have no limit of rows you can add to them. Excel won't hold more that the 1 million lines of data if you import a CSV file having more lines. Excel will actually ask you whether you want to proceed when importing more than 1 million data rows.
csv files have a limit of 32,767 characters per cell. Excel has a limit of 1,048,576 rows and 16,384 columns per sheet. CSV files can hold many more rows.
You should try delimit it can open up to 2 billion rows and 2 million columns very quickly has a free 15 day trial too. Does the job for me!
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