What format is a flat file?

What file extension is a flat file?

There are two common types of flat files: CSV (comma separated values) and delimited files. Both are file formats that represent relational data in a text file.

Is Excel a flat file format?

Understanding Flat File Databases A flat file is a simple database in which similar strings of data are stored as records in a table. Microsoft Excel is a great example of a flat file database. In fact, it accounts for 90 percent of flat file databases!

Is csv file same as flat file?

The difference between a flat file and a CSV file is that a CSV file uses a delimiter to separate data fields (in most instances this is a comma, although enclosing characters can be used, such as double quotes) and delimited files only use a delimiter to structure data.

How does a flat file look like?

One of the most common flat file examples is a comma-separated values (CSV) file. In a CSV file, table data is represented by lines of ASCII text. The value of each table cell in the example below is separated by a comma and each row is represented by a new line in Notepad.