On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 19:14, Swarup <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 8/6/20 12:54 PM, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote: > > Hi Swarup > KEXI can import individual tables from CSV at the moment. > > > If that is the case then why is the .csv file I browse to greyed out in > the import window. The import function is not permitting me to select the > file of type .csv for import. >
"External Data -> Import Data from file" supports CSV. "External Data -> Import tables" supports TSV which is a special tab-based subset of CSV formats. > > > Also I wanted to point out that the CSV format: > - does not define representation of multiple tables > - does not define constraints like the permitted characters > > This is all application defined. MDB defines it so it could be useful for > the import. > > > On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 17:14, Swarup <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi there, >> So I have installed KDE Neon on my system using VM Ware, and by >> installing kexi there found that the export function worked and I was able >> to export my table from kexi, as a file of .csv format, which is perfect. >> >> I would like to now important that .csv table back into kexi, this time >> adding more columns and increasing the number of permitted characters per >> cell. So I brought the .csv file over to my Ubuntu OS, and in Ubuntu I >> opened Kexi and opened the import function. However when I browse to the >> folder where the .csv file is located, everything is grayed out including >> the .csv file. Can Kexi import tables of type .csv, or does the file have >> to be of type .mdb? >> >> Thanks, >> Swarup >> > > > -- regards, Jaroslaw Staniek KDE: : A worldwide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - kde.org KEXI: : A visual database apps builder - kexi-project.org calligra.org/kexi twitter.com/kexi_project facebook.com/kexi.project t.me/kexi_project Qt Certified Specialist: : linkedin.com/in/jstaniek <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek>
