On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 11:03:02 AM UTC-7, TheFltube wrote: > > Hi folks, glad to join this group > > I tried to import in Web2Py the attached CSV file ( no sensible data, just > fake info for training ;), after having created the corresponding db.py > > It works but only IDs are created for the correct number of rows ( held in > CSV ) but no field is actually loaded, they're all empty > > If i try to access SqlLite db and import the CSV into the already created > table ( by db.py ) , it works like a charm and data are correctly visible > and accessible via controllers/views > > Sorry ( and apologize ) if the post has already been threaded in another > section >
I think we're going to need to see what your code looks like in order to comment sensibly. How are you getting the file, copied by hand by the Admin user, or uploading it through a controller? How are you importing the file once you have it? I hadn't done this before, as the appadmin console had always done enough for me. But you inspired me to write a controller and whip up a model, and give it a shot. First thing I found out was how much I had forgotten about queries since the last time I worked on one. Then I used SQLFORM, rather like the Image Blog in Chapter 3 <URL:http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/03/overview#An-image-blog> Because of SQLFORM, I created a table for the forms, with a "something" field (string) and a "myfile" field (upload). Then I created the table I wanted to import to. The accepted form had the filename in form.var.myfile, so I just plugged that into the csv import call (hardwired the directory portion as a shortcut).. It was pretty easy, although I did fumble around a bit trying to select an ID from request.vars, but that was an unnecessary side trip. And while the upload table is handy for debugging, I will probably put a truncate on it because it really is just temporary information. Ah, I just took a look at your actual csv file. One difference is that I have an id column as a result of "always having done it that way" for appadmin, so I cloned an input file and stripped out the id column. Still worked fine. Dave /dps -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
