Re: ? upload csv - I have problems with the cvs import feature

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 13:05 +0100, Murray Cumming wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 10:06 +0100, sf pfg dk wrote:
> > I tried to import plain tables that I created with Excel. I opened the  
> > tables in Openoffice and Gnumeric without problems. Then I saved them  
> > in the cvs format. Actually these two cvs files differ from each  
> > other. But Glom fails to import both of them. The failure is partial,  
> > since around 1/4 of the records are correctly loaded.
>
> Could you please attach an example .csv file to a bug report in
> bugzilla, so I can investigate this?

It sounds like this bug, which I just fixed:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=637529

> > I believed that the different cvs formats was an issue, therefore I  
> > created a dummy table whit Glom and exported it as a cvs file. This  
> > should reveal the cvs formatting adopted by Glom. In fact the Glom cvs  
> > format differ from the previous two. But unfortunately, when I tried  
> > to re-import the cvs file generated with Glom in Glom it self, the  
> > operation failed since many fields where misinterpreted, although all  
> > the records have been loaded.
>
> And I'd like an example file for this too, please, along with a
> description of what data was misinterpreted.
>
> > So, I have two question, a practical one and a general one:
> >
> >   - Which format is suitable to import data in Glom?
> >
> >   - Why Glom is not compatible with the cvs format chosen in Gnumeric?
> >
> > It would be kind of you to address at least one question, preferably  
> > the first one.
> > I look forward to your answer.

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