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Best options for CSV Delimiters?

Started by Smitten, January 17, 2012, 23:17:48 PM

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Smitten

I'm planning on building my cart up using PhPmyAdmin and exporting/importing CSV files. I have me head around this and am able to resolve simple tables such as Manufacturers.

I have hit a snag with the Products table, due to use of punctuation in the descriptions and markup I would like advice on the best keystrokes for the export.

My version of PhpmyAdmin currently has the following defaults.

Fields terminated by - ;
Fields enclosed by - "
Fields escaped by - \
Lines terminated by - AUTO
Replace NULL by - NULL

Any advice will be welcome.

jenkinhill

Why not use CSVI 4 - it is already working in beta on J1.7 with VM2.
Kelvyn
Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK

Retired from forum life November 2023

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Smitten

PHP 5.3, my host is using 5.2.6 for now.

Until they update, I am at a loss.

jenkinhill

5.3 is recommended for Joomla 1.7 and I believe will be required for 2.5. So the host is holding you back....
Kelvyn
Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK

Retired from forum life November 2023

Please mention your VirtueMart, Joomla and PHP versions when asking a question in this forum

franzpeter

You can use a pipe "|". Most csv files do not have "|" in text areas or in other areas, so there should not be a conflict.