Thanks, but doesn't seem to work:
I used command > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Snyder" <mesmerizer...@gmail.com> To: "General Discussion of SQLite Database" <sqlite-users@sqlite.org> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:39:33 PM Subject: Re: [sqlite] .import FILE TABLE On 3/10/2011 1:28 PM, jcilibe...@comcast.net wrote: > Hello, thanks but adding separator "," doesn't seem to work. I tried the following commands: > .import separator "," myPath/myCSVfile myTable > . import separator , myPath/myCSVfile myTable > . import myPath/myCSVfile myTable separator , > . import myPath/myCSVfile myTable separator "," None worked: any ideas? Examination of the myCSVfile.txt shows [1, "Jack", "Sammamish"] > > > Unbelievably active user group! > > > I have been unable to import a CSV text file from MS Access to sqlite: > 1. Created a small table (3 fields and 1 record) in Access and exported it to > a CSV text file named "myCSVfile.txt" > > > 2. Transferred from PC to Mac. Opened file "myCSVfile.txt" ...looks OK eg: > [1, "Jack", "Sammamish"] > > > 3. Created a new DB ("myDB") and table ("myTable") in SQLite Database Browser > eg: [ID:primaryKey Name:text City:text] > > > 4. Opened the DB in terminal with> sqlite myPath/myDB Does adding the line: .separator "," help? > > 5. Entered command> .import myPath/myCSVfile myTable > > > Always get back message: "line 1: expected 3 columns of data but found 1" > > > Help! I've read many archived posts...so I know this should work. > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users