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OK thanks, I'll check that out.

Is there a way to deactivate these shorthands?
Or is it not recommanded?

The final code reads like this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{datatool}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % utf8x causes problem with accents in header columns
\usepackage[frenchb]{babel}

% Data loading must occur in the preamble
\DTLsetseparator{;}
\DTLloaddb{data ...

In French, babel makes various characters active. This can be problematic, so I'd try putting
\DTLsetseparator{;}
\DTLloaddb{data}{datatools3.csv}

before loading babel (in the preamble), and see what happens.

Great! Actually that works if the loading occurs before \begin{document}

Also I ...

Hi!

There is an issue while using the datatool package (to import from CSV) along with the babel (french) package and the command \DTLsetseparator.

If not using the babel package, the problem disappear but all text is in english.

If not using the \DTLsetseparator it works, but we can't use comma ...

Hi!

How can I use 2 columns so that the content of each column is vertically aligned to the top?

The closest of what I can get is this :


\begin{tabular}{ p{.25\textwidth}@{\extracolsep{5mm}} p{.60\textwidth} }
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