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Writing on a CSV file a MS Access Table in Java


I'm writing a little software that automatically exports a table called "Magazzino" of a .mdb file to a csv file. Everything works fine and I wrote this code using "UCANACCESS" library.

package it.simonesaleri.automation.software;

import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class AutomationMain {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

        ArrayList<String> arr = new ArrayList<String>();
        try {
            
            //OPENING CONNECTION TO DATABASE
            Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:ucanaccess://eCommerce.mdb");
            FileWriter writer = new FileWriter("eCommerce.csv");
            System.out.println("Connection to Database");
            Statement s = conn.createStatement();
            
            //SQL INJECT CODE
            String sqlString = "SELECT * FROM Magazzino";
            ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery(sqlString);
            ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();
            int columnsNumber = rsmd.getColumnCount();
            while (rs.next()) {
                for (int i = 1; i < columnsNumber; i++) {
                    System.out.println(rs.getString(i));
                    arr.add(rs.getString(i));
                }
            }
            //SAVING INTO THE FILE
            for(String str: arr)
            {
                writer.append(str);
                writer.append(";");
            }
            writer.flush();
            writer.close();

        } catch (SQLException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }

}

I'm having an issue...I don't really understand how to create a new line on the .csv file while writing on it. I tried to .append("\n") or .append("\r\n"), but the results is this:

1;244;300817; BA9S - 220R  LAMPADA LED 220VAC  ROSSA;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;12.14;3.6420000000000003;5.6451;5.463000000000001;5.098800000000001;4.7346;5.88183;PCE;22.0;IVA 22%;0.0;0.0;0.0;0.0;;731;CHINT;CHT;0;null;null;0;null;null;0;null;null;0;null;null;0;null;null;CHTCHTAUTOM-A01;;;null;null;FALSE;FALSE;TRUE;null;0;;;;;;;;;;;;;null;null;null;null;null;null;null;null;null;FALSE;FALSE;0;0;2;9713;BSD450B/8A; CONVERTITORE BRUSHLESS FD BSD450B/8A;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;680.0;680.0;1054.0;1020.0;952.0;884.0;1098.2;;22.0;IVA 22%;0.0;0.0;0.0;0.0;;0;null;null;0;null;null;0;null;null;0;null;null;0;null;null;0;null;null;;;;null;null;FALSE;FALSE;TRUE;null;0;;;;;;;;;;;;;null;null;null;null;null;null;null;null;null;FALSE;FALSE;0;0;

Instead of this (result that I need):

1;244;300817; BA9S - 220R  LAMPADA LED 220VAC  ROSSA;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;12.14;3.6420000000000003;5.6451;5.463000000000001;5.098800000000001;4.7346;5.88183;PCE;22.0;IVA 22%;0.0;0.0;0.0;0.0;;731;CHINT;CHT;0;null;null;0;null;null;0;null;null;0;null;null;0;null;null;CHTCHTAUTOM-A01;;;null;null;FALSE;FALSE;TRUE;null;0;;;;;;;;;;;;;null;null;null;null;null;null;null;null;null;FALSE;FALSE;0;0;
2;9713;BSD450B/8A; CONVERTITORE BRUSHLESS FD BSD450B/8A;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;680.0;680.0;1054.0;1020.0;952.0;884.0;1098.2;;22.0;IVA 22%;0.0;0.0;0.0;0.0;;0;null;null;0;null;null;0;null;null;0;null;null;0;null;null;0;null;null;;;;null;null;FALSE;FALSE;TRUE;null;0;;;;;;;;;;;;;null;null;null;null;null;null;null;null;null;FALSE;FALSE;0;0;

Solution

  • You could do it this way I suppose:

    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("");
    while (rs.next()) {
        // Clear StringBuilder object in prep for a new CSV line
        sb.setLength(0); 
        // Create custom CSV data line using semicolon (;) as delimiter...
        for (int i = 1; i < columnsNumber; i++) {
            /* IF StringBuilder is not empty then add a semicolon
               to the end of the last piece of columnar data that 
               was appended before appending this next piece of 
               columnar data.            */
            if (!sb.toString().isEmpty()) {
                sb.append(";");
            }
            sb.append(rs.getString(i));
        }
        // Add the system newline character to custom CSV data line.
        sb.append(System.lineSeparator()); 
        // Add the newly created CSV line to the ArrayList.
        arr.add(sb.toString());
    }
       
        
    // Write to File...
    for(String str: arr) {
        /* str already has the newline character appended 
           to it from the process above.  */
        writer.append(str); 
        // immediate write:
        writer.flush(); 
    }
    writer.close(); // Close the writer.