Glenn, Have you had a chance to try the revised wee_import? I am working on a number of other changes to the same piece of wee_import code and I would prefer to do them all at once if possible.
Gary On Saturday, 22 January 2022 at 16:08:27 UTC+10 Glenn McKechnie wrote: > Thanks Gary, > > I'll give it a test drive as soon as I get a moment or three. > > On a related note (ie:- related to using TEXT fields in the database) > I went and checked out wee_database and found that it baulked at the > TEXT field in the database. > > Details are in the attached file, which should keep the formatting sane. > > Let me know if you want it raised as a seperate issue and I'll do that > instead. > > On 22/01/2022, gjr80 <gjrod...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Glenn, > > > > I have created a new branch wee_import_text off development for this and > > have modified the wee_import code to import text to a WeeWX TEXT field. > > There are a dew conditions: > > > > 1. text import only works with CSV imports > > > > 2. import source fields that are to be imported as text must use 'text' > as > > the WeeWX units specifier in the field map in the import config file, eg: > > [[FieldMap]] > > .... > > aComment = import_text_field, text > > > > 3. the destination text field has been added to the WeeWX database and > > WeeWX configured as per the Storing text in the database > > <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Storing-text-in-the-database> wiki > > page > > > > I have only done basic testing of the code so there may be some corner > > cases I have not covered, but you should be right to give it a go if you > > want. As I said I have taken a branch off development, since there has > been > > > > quite a few changes in development since the last release the most > reliable > > > > option is for you to clone and install wee_import_text. However, the > > wee_import code does not change often so you could probably get away with > > running v4.5.1 and just downloading and installing the modified > > weeimport.py > > . > > > > To use the new wee_import: > > > > 1. Either clone and install from the wee_import_text branch or if using > > v4.5.1 (or any other recent version at your own peril) replace > > BIN/weeimport/weeimport.py with weeimport.py from the wee_import_text > > branch. You can download weeimport.py from the wee_import_text branch > > directly using wget as follows: > > > > $ wget > > > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/weewx/weewx/wee_import_text/bin/weeimport/weeimport.py > > > > 2. edit your import config file and add your text field import to the > field > > > > map as outlined above > > > > 3. stop WeeWX and run your import using --dry-run and then without > > --dry-run > > > > Let me know if you have any issues. > > > > Gary > > > > > -- > > > Cheers > Glenn > > rorpi - read only raspberry pi & various weewx addons > https://github.com/glennmckechnie > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/12aa9df9-5638-4413-9580-0bf23369f09an%40googlegroups.com.
