topic Loading from DB Vs TxT in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Loading-from-DB-Vs-TxT/m-p/574320#M1107748 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi guys </P><P></P><P>Could anyone tell me the Pros and Cons in loading data from TXT files vs loading from DataBase?</P><P>Is one method faster than the other? while loading from each method does qlikview keep the initial fiels format?</P><P>when i read/load a date YYYY-MM-DD fields from TXT file i get a string instead of num why does this happen ? do all fields read/loaded from TxT files are read as string fieldsin qlikview ? or do some have other casting?</P><P></P><P>thanks a lot </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:35:14 GMT Anonymous 2014-03-13T21:35:14Z Loading from DB Vs TxT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Loading-from-DB-Vs-TxT/m-p/574320#M1107748 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi guys </P><P></P><P>Could anyone tell me the Pros and Cons in loading data from TXT files vs loading from DataBase?</P><P>Is one method faster than the other? while loading from each method does qlikview keep the initial fiels format?</P><P>when i read/load a date YYYY-MM-DD fields from TXT file i get a string instead of num why does this happen ? do all fields read/loaded from TxT files are read as string fieldsin qlikview ? or do some have other casting?</P><P></P><P>thanks a lot </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:35:14 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Loading-from-DB-Vs-TxT/m-p/574320#M1107748 Anonymous 2014-03-13T21:35:14Z