Doesn't update database

[Guest]

I installed easy populate today. I carefully followed the instructions that came with it, tried to follow the instructions in the file (see below) and followed the instructions in EasyPopulateExtraDocumentation.doc.

 

To the best of my knowlege, I have everything done correctly. However, I don't understand the issue about The size of products model. I may have something wrong there.

 

What I have done is delete all the software products from my table as well as the Die Hard movie. I have the original table that I am trying to re-import into the database.

 

When I upload the 'EP' file, it doesn't show up in my tmp folder. When I use FTP to move the file to the folder, it doesn't update the database with it. I am not getting any kind of error message, just a message saying the process is complete.

 

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?

 

Thanks

Buck

Towncorp.net

 

//**** Size of products_model in products table ****

// set this to the size of your model number field in the db. We check to make sure all models are no longer than this value.

// this prevents the database from getting fubared. Just making this number bigger won't help your database! They must match!

global $modelsize;

$modelsize = 25;

 

 

//*******************************

//*******************************

// C O N F I G U R A T I O N

// V A R I A B L E S

//*******************************

//*******************************

 

// **** Temp directory ****

// if you changed your directory structure from stock and do not have /catalog/temp/, then you'll need to change this accordingly.

//

// Please set DOCUMENT_ROOT to $DOCUMENT_ROOT in your /catalog/admin/includes/configure.php

$tempdir = "/downtown/temp/";

$tempdir2 = "/downtown/temp/";

 

//**** File Splitting Configuration ****

// we attempt to set the timeout limit longer for this script to avoid having to split the files

// NOTE: If your server is running in safe mode, this setting cannot override the timeout set in php.ini

// uncomment this if you are not on a safe mode server and you are getting timeouts

// set_time_limit(330);

 

// if you are splitting files, this will set the maximum number of records to put in each file.

// if you set your php.ini to a long time, you can make this number bigger

global $maxrecs;

$maxrecs = 300; // default, seems to work for most people. Reduce if you hit timeouts

//$maxrecs = 4; // for testing

 

//**** Image Defaulting ****

global $default_images, $default_image_manufacturer, $default_image_product, $default_image_category;

 

// set them to your own default "We don't have any picture" gif

//$default_image_manufacturer = 'no_image_manufacturer.gif';

//$default_image_product = 'no_image_product.gif';

//$default_image_category = 'no_image_category.gif';

 

// or let them get set to nothing

$default_image_manufacturer = '';

$default_image_product = '';

$default_image_category = '';

 

//**** Status Field Setting ****

// Set the v_status field to "Inactive" if you want the status=0 in the system

// Set the v_status field to "Delete" if you want to remove the item from the system <- THIS IS NOT WORKING YET!

// If zero_qty_inactive is true, then items with zero qty will automatically be inactive in the store.

global $active, $inactive, $zero_qty_inactive, $deleteit;

$active = 'Active';

$inactive = 'Inactive';

//$deleteit = 'Delete'; // not functional yet

$zero_qty_inactive = true;

 

//**** Size of products_model in products table ****

// set this to the size of your model number field in the db. We check to make sure all models are no longer than this value.

// this prevents the database from getting fubared. Just making this number bigger won't help your database! They must match!

global $modelsize;

$modelsize = 25;

 

//**** Price includes tax? ****

// Set the v_price_with_tax to

// 0 if you want the price without the tax included

// 1 if you want the price to be defined for import & export including tax.

global $price_with_tax;

$price_with_tax =true;

 

// **** Quote -> Escape character conversion ****

// If you have extensive html in your descriptions and it's getting mangled on upload, turn this off

// set to 1 = replace quotes with escape characters

// set to 0 = no quote replacement

global $replace_quotes;

$replace_quotes = false;

 

// **** Field Separator ****

// change this if you can't use the default of tabs

// Tab is the default, comma and semicolon are commonly supported by various progs

// Remember, if your descriptions contain this character, you will confuse EP!

global $separator;

$separator = "\t"; // tab is default

//$separator = ","; // comma

//$separator = ";"; // semi-colon

//$separator = "~"; // tilde

//$separator = "-"; // dash

//$separator = "*"; // splat

 

// **** Max Category Levels ****

// change this if you need more or fewer categories

global $max_categories;

$max_categories = 3; // 7 is default

 

// VJ product attributes begin

// **** Product Attributes ****

// change this to false, if do not want to download product attributes

global $products_with_attributes;

$products_with_attributes = true;

 

// change this to true, if you use QTYpro and want to set attributes stock with EP.

global $products_attributes_stock;

$products_attributes_stock = false;

 

 

// change this if you want to download selected product options

// this might be handy, if you have a lot of product options, and your output file exceeds 256 columns (which is the max. limit MS Excel is able to handle)

global $attribute_options_select;

//$attribute_options_select = array('Size', 'Model'); // uncomment and fill with product options name you wish to download // comment this line, if you wish to download all product options

// VJ product attributes end

 

 

 

 

// ****************************************

// Froogle configuration variables

// -- YOU MUST CONFIGURE THIS! IT WON'T WORK OUT OF THE BOX!

// ****************************************

 

// **** Froogle product info page path ****

// We can't use the tep functions to create the link, because the links will point to the admin, since that's where we're at.

// So put the entire path to your product_info.php page here

global $froogle_product_info_path;

$froogle_product_info_path = "http://www.yourdomain.com/catalog/product_info.php";

 

// **** Froogle product image path ****

// Set this to the path to your images directory

global $froogle_image_path;

$froogle_image_path = "http://www.yourdomain.com/catalog/images/";

 

// **** Froogle - search engine friendly setting

// if your store has SEARCH ENGINE FRIENDLY URLS set, then turn this to true

// I did it this way because I'm having trouble with the code seeing the constants

// that are defined in other places.

global $froogle_SEF_urls;

$froogle_SEF_urls = false;

 

 

// ****************************************

// End Froogle configuration variables

// ****************************************

 

//*******************************

//*******************************

// E N D

// C O N F I G U R A T I O N

// V A R I A B L E S

//*******************************

//*******************************

[Guest]

I made some progress, but it is still not working. Below, I show the two changes I made. Before I made the changes, I could not find the file curinv.txt, which contained my updated inventory data. After the changes, I was able to find the file in 'public_html/tmp'. I am still having no luck when I enter 'curinv.txt' in the 'Import from Temp Dir (/tmp)'.

 

please, somebody help. This is all I have left to finish to go live with my site.

 

Thank you,

buck

 

 

//*******************************

//*******************************

// C O N F I G U R A T I O N

// V A R I A B L E S

//*******************************

//*******************************

 

// **** Temp directory ****

// if you changed your directory structure from stock and do not have /catalog/temp/, then you'll need to change this accordingly.

//

// Please set DOCUMENT_ROOT to $DOCUMENT_ROOT in your /catalog/admin/includes/configure.php

$tempdir = "/home/towncorp/public_html/tmp";

$tempdir2 = "/home/towncorp/public_html/tmp";

 

//**** Size of products_model in products table ****

// set this to the size of your model number field in the db. We check to make sure all models are no longer than this value.

// this prevents the database from getting fubared. Just making this number bigger won't help your database! They must match!

global $modelsize;

$modelsize = 12;

[Guest]

I am kind of in the same place. Maybe you can explain more clearly the step you are takng in EP (where your tab-dleimited file is located, etc.)?

 

Maybe we can figure it out..