Flat File Source - How To Configure An Appropriate Column Delimiter?

Good day everyone,


I have a package that reads data from a CSV file, transforms it and finally loads it in a destination DB table.

My current problem lies in the parsing of the input flat file. I shall illustrate it using a small example.


Source File:
P;Product-1;Short Description for product 1
P;Product-2;Short Description for product 2


Problem:
I configured the flat file connection manager to use semicolon as the column separator. But then I have received some sample flat files where I found that the semicolon might be sometimes used as content of a column data.


Possible Solutions:
I have thought about 3 different solution and I would like to get your feedback and recommendations about them.


Alternative 1:
Use a complex column delimiter, which wouldn't be used in the data.

Example:
P#~#Product-1#~#Short Description for product 1
P#~#Product-2#~#Short Description for product 2


Question 1:
- Is it possible to define such a customized column delimiter for the Flat File Connection Manager?
- If yes, how can I do this?


Alternative 2:
Use double quotes around the data, which the Flat File Source Adapter must somehow recognize and trim before pushing the data down the Data Flow.

Example:
"P";"Product-1";"Short Description for product 1"
"P";"Product-2";"Short Description for product 2"


Question 2:
- Is it possible to configure the Flat File Source Adapter to work as described?
- If yes, how can I do this?


Alternative 3:
Use a Script Component and write the needed code for parsing the Flat File.


Question 3:
- Do you have further suggestions/ideas for solving this parsing problem?



Thanks in advance and my regards,
Samar