my $old_INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR = $/;
	$/ = $self->record_delimiter;
	open (DELIMFILE, '<', $filename) or (Carp::confess("Cannot open file [$filename]: $!"));
	my $record;
	while (<DELIMFILE>) {
		chomp;
		$record = $_;
		# If a line contains an odd amount of doublequotes ("), then we'll need to continue reading until we find another line that contains an odd amount of doublequotes.
		# This is in order to catch fields that contain recordseparators (but are encased in ""'s).
		if (grep ($_ eq '"', split ('', $_)) % 2 == 1) {
			# Keep reading data and appending to $record until we find another line with an odd number of doublequotes.
			while (<DELIMFILE>) {
				$record .= $_;
				if (grep ($_ eq '"', split ('', $_)) % 2 == 1) { last; }
			}
		} ## end if (grep ($_ eq '"', split...))
		push (@{$ar_returnvalue}, ReadRecord($self, $record));
	} ## end while (<DELIMFILE>)
	close (DELIMFILE);
	$/ = $old_INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR;