# SQLTags CSV separator character

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sqltags-csv-separator-character/5440>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 17, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sqltags-csv-separator-character/5440 "2012-11-17T19:38:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![pat.stave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@pat.stave](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pat.stave)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sqltags-csv-separator-character/5440/1 "2012-11-17T19:38:19Z")

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It seems that the CSV separator of the SQLtags export file is always a semicolon, regardless of what the Windows regional settings “list separator” is set to.  
This makes the list quite troublesome to open/edit as excel will always use the separator specified in regional settings, unless a somewhat labourious manual conversion is done inside excel.

Ignition v7.5.3

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**Author:** ![dave.fogle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@dave.fogle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dave.fogle)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sqltags-csv-separator-character/5440/2 "2012-11-19T18:44:57Z")

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The separator that shows up when I export a SQLTags csv is a standard comma ',' between the fields and and line feeds (LF) separating each tag.