The commandline reported SyntaxError: invalid syntax. "i've uploaded bulk elements via csv multiple times and the instructions worked perfectly."
I'm sure they did, and I am sure this is my error, not the docs. Luckily, this does not apply personally anymore - I ended up doing something different - but I would love a response anyway, for future reference. On Nov 16, 7:47 pm, Greg Tracy <greg.tr...@att.net> wrote: > what was the exact error or symptom? i'm reluctant to repeat the how- > to guide. > > http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/tools/uploadingdata.html > > i've uploaded bulk elements via csv multiple times and the > instructions worked perfectly. the sections you actually have to > implement are: > > 1. "setting up remote_api" > 2. "creating loader classes" > 3. "preparing your data" > > then issue the following from the command line... > > appcfg.py upload_data --config_file=<your loader script from step > 2>.py --filename=<your CSV file>.csv --kind=<your db.Model class name> > <app-directory> > > On Nov 16, 11:43 am, Benjamin Mayo <wondersofthebr...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Bear with me here. I have never used python at the *commandline* > > before. Ever. > > > I have a .CSV file containing the database I would like to upload to > > my GAE datastore. I have followed the documentation provided, but the > > python shell keeps returning errors (syntax: update_data). Please can > > someone step me through how to import the CSV file into AppEngine. > > > Thankyou for any help you can give, which - I promise - is greatly > > appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=.
