Removing ' Character from spreadsheet

ITWater

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Hi

I have user that export data from SAP into .csv/xls files (I have no control over this process)

This spreadsheet comes out with the ' character in front of the file headings.

When this sheet is uploaded into our SQL database the ' in the headers prevents import (the data is checked upon import attempt)

Now I could just change the import routine on the database to remove these characters but I'd like to understand why SAP put's these characters in the file so I can pass the problem back or at least find a method of removing them previous to import. I've already tried find ' and replace with blank but this function doesn't appear to work.

Any help greatfully appreciated.

:-)
 

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