item name got emptied after import attributes using Attrib-Basic-EP-examples.csv

[jjone]

My zen cart version is 1.5.3 and EasyPopulate version 4.0.24.

I uploaded my own items using Attrib-Basic-EP-examples.csv template and the message showed that my items got updated correctly. When i checked it under zen cart> admin>catalog> Attributes Controller, no attributes were added to my items and all item names got EMPTIED for the items listed in the csv file.

Can you please check if this is a bug? Thank you for your help.

Justin

[chaddro]

Hi Justin,

can you send me a zip of your import files. I will need a full export of the items you were adding attributes to.

this way I can attempt to recreate what happened on your end.

be sure to send me both your .xls and .csv files. you are using OpenOffice to make your CSV's?

no other language set to default than english? english has to be default with attribute import

-chadd

On Aug 31, 2014, at 1:04 PM, jjone wrote:

My zen cart version is 1.5.3 and EasyPopulate version 4.0.24.

I uploaded my own items using Attrib-Basic-EP-examples.csv template and the message showed that my items got updated correctly. When i checked it under zen cart> admin>catalog> Attributes Controller, no attributes were added to my items and all item names got EMPTIED for the items listed in the csv file.

Can you please check if this is a bug? Thank you for your help.

Justin

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[jjone]

Hi, chadd

my bad. It was the csv file. I used Microsoft office for editing.

Thank you for your help.

Justin

From: chaddro
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 12:12 PM
To: chaddro/EasyPopulate-4.0
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Subject: Re: [EasyPopulate-4.0] item name got emptied after import attributes using Attrib-Basic-EP-examples.csv (#15)

Hi Justin,

can you send me a zip of your import files. I will need a full export of the items you were adding attributes to.

this way I can attempt to recreate what happened on your end.

be sure to send me both your .xls and .csv files. you are using OpenOffice to make your CSV's?

no other language set to default than english? english has to be default with attribute import

-chadd

On Aug 31, 2014, at 1:04 PM, jjone wrote:

My zen cart version is 1.5.3 and EasyPopulate version 4.0.24.

I uploaded my own items using Attrib-Basic-EP-examples.csv template and the message showed that my items got updated correctly. When i checked it under zen cart> admin>catalog> Attributes Controller, no attributes were added to my items and all item names got EMPTIED for the items listed in the csv file.

Can you please check if this is a bug? Thank you for your help.

Justin

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[chaddro]

Hiya,

glad that helped. MS has been very frustrating to deal with. Different version make different CSV depending on the settings.
EP4 uses PHP's csv functions which are very efficient, but less cross platform forgivable.

-chadd

On Sep 1, 2014, at 9:49 PM, jjone wrote:

Hi, chadd

my bad. It was the csv file. I used Microsoft office for editing.

Thank you for your help.

Justin

From: chaddro
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 12:12 PM
To: chaddro/EasyPopulate-4.0
Cc: jjone
Subject: Re: [EasyPopulate-4.0] item name got emptied after import attributes using Attrib-Basic-EP-examples.csv (#15)

Hi Justin,

can you send me a zip of your import files. I will need a full export of the items you were adding attributes to.

this way I can attempt to recreate what happened on your end.

be sure to send me both your .xls and .csv files. you are using OpenOffice to make your CSV's?

no other language set to default than english? english has to be default with attribute import

-chadd

On Aug 31, 2014, at 1:04 PM, jjone wrote:

My zen cart version is 1.5.3 and EasyPopulate version 4.0.24.

I uploaded my own items using Attrib-Basic-EP-examples.csv template and the message showed that my items got updated correctly. When i checked it under zen cart> admin>catalog> Attributes Controller, no attributes were added to my items and all item names got EMPTIED for the items listed in the csv file.

Can you please check if this is a bug? Thank you for your help.

Justin

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[chaddro]

oh, one last thing. the error reporting on the attributes import is not
complete, so it may say it imported records, but didn't.

THAT is a bug that I haven't fixed yet.

Also, I highly recommend you install Dr. Bytes MySQL backup tool. Once installed
you can backup your store's databases before doing an import, and restore with a
click if something went wrong.

after years of using ep, and even after developing ep4, I still use that tool all the time.

-chadd

On Sep 1, 2014, at 9:49 PM, jjone wrote:

Hi, chadd

my bad. It was the csv file. I used Microsoft office for editing.

Thank you for your help.

Justin

From: chaddro
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 12:12 PM
To: chaddro/EasyPopulate-4.0
Cc: jjone
Subject: Re: [EasyPopulate-4.0] item name got emptied after import attributes using Attrib-Basic-EP-examples.csv (#15)

Hi Justin,

can you send me a zip of your import files. I will need a full export of the items you were adding attributes to.

this way I can attempt to recreate what happened on your end.

be sure to send me both your .xls and .csv files. you are using OpenOffice to make your CSV's?

no other language set to default than english? english has to be default with attribute import

-chadd

On Aug 31, 2014, at 1:04 PM, jjone wrote:

My zen cart version is 1.5.3 and EasyPopulate version 4.0.24.

I uploaded my own items using Attrib-Basic-EP-examples.csv template and the message showed that my items got updated correctly. When i checked it under zen cart> admin>catalog> Attributes Controller, no attributes were added to my items and all item names got EMPTIED for the items listed in the csv file.

Can you please check if this is a bug? Thank you for your help.

Justin

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[jjone]

Again, Thank you very much. I will install the mysql backup tool for my website today.

Justin

From: chaddro
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 11:04 PM
To: chaddro/EasyPopulate-4.0
Cc: jjone
Subject: Re: [EasyPopulate-4.0] item name got emptied after import attributes using Attrib-Basic-EP-examples.csv (#15)

oh, one last thing. the error reporting on the attributes import is not
complete, so it may say it imported records, but didn't.

THAT is a bug that I haven't fixed yet.

Also, I highly recommend you install Dr. Bytes MySQL backup tool. Once installed
you can backup your store's databases before doing an import, and restore with a
click if something went wrong.

after years of using ep, and even after developing ep4, I still use that tool all the time.

-chadd

On Sep 1, 2014, at 9:49 PM, jjone wrote:

Hi, chadd

my bad. It was the csv file. I used Microsoft office for editing.

Thank you for your help.

Justin

From: chaddro
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 12:12 PM
To: chaddro/EasyPopulate-4.0
Cc: jjone
Subject: Re: [EasyPopulate-4.0] item name got emptied after import attributes using Attrib-Basic-EP-examples.csv (#15)

Hi Justin,

can you send me a zip of your import files. I will need a full export of the items you were adding attributes to.

this way I can attempt to recreate what happened on your end.

be sure to send me both your .xls and .csv files. you are using OpenOffice to make your CSV's?

no other language set to default than english? english has to be default with attribute import

-chadd

On Aug 31, 2014, at 1:04 PM, jjone wrote:

My zen cart version is 1.5.3 and EasyPopulate version 4.0.24.

I uploaded my own items using Attrib-Basic-EP-examples.csv template and the message showed that my items got updated correctly. When i checked it under zen cart> admin>catalog> Attributes Controller, no attributes were added to my items and all item names got EMPTIED for the items listed in the csv file.

Can you please check if this is a bug? Thank you for your help.

Justin

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