Data Transformation Engine Type Designer Reference Guide
Chapter 7 - Group Properties  Specifying a Delimiter 
If a Delimiter Value Appears as Data 
Delimiters do not appear as part of the actual data. For example, if the delimiter is 
specified as a comma, the comma in the following text item would be considered a 
delimiter, rather than part of the data itself: 
Tom Smith, Jr. 
If the data does contain the delimiter value, there are ways to format the data so 
that both the data and the delimiter are distinguishable. For example, text items 
can be enclosed in quotation marks. Or, a release character may be used. For 
information on release characters, see Chapter 4 - Type Properties. 










