Ashaman Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 :P Okay I finally got it to import. Basically the only thing I did different to above post was to make sure the file was not open anywhere before uploading. Ie CLOSE Excel and Wordpad. Thanks guys - you have been really helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasson65 Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 I liked this excel import, except I didn't want my clients to have to worry about specifying the key values for root category and subcategory. Plus it wasn't setting the manufacturer ID. Plus some people might not want to have extra columns that they don't care about. So I've got a worked-over version of this that does the following: Allow users to specify the category and subcategory name instead of the id's Allow users to specify the manufacturer ID or name to get that set as well. Allow users to change the order of the fields in the csv file A final idea is this: Make and "export" function as well, that would run a query and give a csv file that could be edited and re-uploaded - it would make mass updates easier, and would cut connection time for those who pay for internet by the minute. One other thing I haven't had time to implement is to automatically create new categories and subcategories as needed. I think the tweaks I've done don't reduce the usability for it's original purpose, so if dynamok would like, I'll send him the tweaked code and he can maintain it, or if he'd rather not mess with it, I can put in my warmed over code as another contribution. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasson65 Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 The problem Im having is a 30 second time out limit. I get the fatal error message of this 30 second called from the database.php file on line 45. This is due to the maximum script run length specified in the php.ini file. On most Linux systems this is found in /etc/apache/conf/php.ini Do a search for "30" and change the time to whatever you want. This however probably won't help people with shared hosting solutions unless they have a very cooporative host. In these cases, you'll just need to break the file into smaller parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew L. Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Hi, I did remove the extra "products_status". And checked for the correct root and category also left date available blank. Yet I still get the error 'No products_model field in record or incorrect root for category. I cannot import this record!' I tried saving it as CSV and Excel and uploading the it and recieve the same error. I also logged in MyPHPAdmin and checked for the "products_model" and its there. I'm still a newcomer to PHP so forgive me if I'm wrong. Have I missed something? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasson65 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Send me your xls or a sample, and I'll try to import it... wasson65 at nc.rr.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwds Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 dynamok wrote: 3. Don't know why you are doing this you can have comas in there. 7 This is weird, maybe someone knows the answer, but when I save my excel file it automatically saves it with ; and not with , I'm using office XP I found that whereever there was a comma the upload program was reading it as another colum thus throwing the data out of alignment Im running office 2000 on windows 98 Thanks wasson65 I will check that file tonight Quote Night and day the only 2 shore things in life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Allow users to specify the category and subcategory name instead of the id'sAllow users to specify the manufacturer ID or name to get that set as well. Allow users to change the order of the fields in the csv file A final idea is this: Make and "export" function as well, that would run a query and give a csv file that could be edited and re-uploaded - it would make mass updates easier, and would cut connection time for those who pay for internet by the minute.... Excel Import is nice tool and you can make it better by enhance its functionality! How about to make a switch that allow users to "Update" and "Append"? Then if users whom have problems with PHP timeout, they can still append new records. Go for it! :D Stonez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamok Posted November 20, 2002 Author Share Posted November 20, 2002 Send me a copy of your excel file also [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasson65 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 For those users having problems getting the test spreadsheet to work: The excel.php expects the file to contain semicolons between the fields. Your Excel may not be doing this. If it isn't finding the semicolons in the right places, it is running your fields together, and that means it won't find all the right fields, and if it can't find a product_model field, it will stop with that error. I personally run OpenOffice on Linux, and when I select "Text CSV" as the SaveAs type, it lets me specify what delimiter to use. I chose a semicolon as a field delimiter and a double quote as a string delimiter. The code worked first time perfectly for me. So the contrib is good to go. The global search/replace all commas with semicolons in Notepad isn't going to work well if you have any descriptions that have commas in them. So: How to get excel to use semicolons and not commas? Here is an answer I found doing a google search for "excel save csv file with semicolon separator" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.experts-exchange.com/Applicatio...Q_20274893.html Mike, No VBA code is needed, really. CSV files in Excel are not really files with "Comma Separated Values". The separator used is whatever is currently set as the list separator in the Control Panel's regional settings. So, to save as * delimited, do this: 1. Open the Control Panel, double-click "Regional settings", on the numbers tab set list separator to *. 2. Click "Apply" 3. Switch back to Excel and save the sheet as a CSV file. 4. Switch back to control panel and set the list separator back to what it used to be. Probably a comma or a semicolon, depending on where in the world you are. Done! Ture Magnusson Karlstad, Sweden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hope this helps some, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamok Posted November 20, 2002 Author Share Posted November 20, 2002 One more thing I noticed is that people leave "1" in the taxclass even though they don't use taxclass or they have named differently in the admin. Obviously this will give your an error. Make sure if you are using taxclass in your shop that you rename it to a to "1" or what ever number if you have more than 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamok Posted November 20, 2002 Author Share Posted November 20, 2002 wasson65, If you want to post a new updated version of the module go ahed. We just don't have much time to play with it. It was done for our store, where we don't use manufactures so we didn't even think about it:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasson65 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 I put my enhanced stuff in a contribution called Easy Populate, I didn't want to be presumptuous with respect to the name, but I did want to get it out there quickly. Thanks for putting it out there first, it made my work much easier. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashaman Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Thankyou Wasson65, I found the file much easier to change and navigate - Easy to add my HTML headers and Meta Tags etc. Well done to both you and dynamok for these wonderful contributions. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayakoreante Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Euhm, nice mod but I have a problem: When I imported the excel file with the info, it is succesfully imported. That problem has been already solved. BUT: As an user, I clicked on the photo of the product. Then I get the error: No product found. When I look as an admin, in Catalog -> Catagory / Products -> and then go to the imported product, I can't find it!! Has anybody else this problem too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delishus Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 edit the product in admin and give it a manufacturer. Del Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strategy Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Hi I seem to have found a bug in EasyPopulate Whe a manufacturer name includes a single quote for example Steve's Widgets, Easy Popluate causes a SQL error when uploading the file Has anyone else had this problem or know a fix The exact error message i get is.. //////////////////////////////////////////// File uploaded. Temporary filename: /tmp/phpSCoPNu User filename: Price update Judys.txt Size: 2045 | 33 | 9.22 | 100 Updated | 32 | 9.22 | 100 Updated | 31 | 9.22 | 98 Updated | 30 | 9.22 | 100 Updated | 19 | 1.9 | 100 Updated | 20 | 5.59 | 100 Updated | 21 | 5.59 | 100 Updated | 22 | 4.12 | 100 Updated | 23 | 6.09 | 100 Updated | 24 | 7.36 | 100 Updated | 25 | 7.36 | 100 Updated | 26 | 6.58 | 100 Updated | 27 | 5.89 | 100 Updated | 28 | 6.48 | 100 Updated | 29 | 6.48 | 100 Updated | 18 | 3.53 | 100 Updated | 1 | 3.87 | 100 Updated | 1a | 3.87 | 100 Updated | 2 | 3.87 | 100 Updated | 3 | 5.03 | 0 Updated | 4 | 3.87 | 100 Updated | 5 | 3.87 | 100 Updated | 5a | 4.64 | 100 Updated | 6 | 4.64 | 100 Updated | 7 | 4.43 | 100 Updated | 8 | 5.42 | 100 Updated | 9 | 3.91 | 101 Updated | 10 | 3.91 | 100 Updated | 11 | 12.79 | 0 Updated | 12 | 12.79 | 0 Updated | 13 | 12.76 | 0 Updated | 14 | 12.76 | 0 Updated | 14a | 12.76 | 100 Updated | 15 | 3.32 | 100 Updated | 16 | 3.32 | 100 Updated | 17 | 3.57 | 94 Updated | 34 | 9.22 | 100 Updated | 35 | 9.22 | 100 Updated | 36 | 7.87 | 100 Updated | 37 | 7.87 | 100 Updated | 38 | 7.87 | 100 Updated | 39 | 7.87 | 100 Updated | 40 | 1.25 | 100 Updated | 41 | 7.01 | 100 Updated | 43 | 3.67 | 100 Updated | 44 | 2.27 | 100 Updated | 45 | 7.01 | 100 Updated | 46 | 2.5 | 25 Updated 1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax near 's'' at line 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 easypopulate thread: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=64945 and that isnt a bug . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenanne Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 hi there,,,don't know if this is too late for me to finally spot your work of art, but still wanted to pop a few questions,,,hope someone out there could please help me^^ I'm havinf a little trouble when using this contribution, whenever I upload a file, it ends up like this: [U]File uploaded. Temporary filename: /tmp/phprR3Rfj User filename: Form.CSV Size: 554 | ..29.E.Fit | | | | | | | | | | | | No products_model field in record or incorrect root for category. I cannot import this record! Thats all![/u] just wondering what am I missing? BTW this is my codes are like,I've two sub categories and a main, which one should I put as the "root"? (in this case 75 or 21?) Any insight would be appreciated demurely, thank you again^^ | ..75 | Shop by Brands ----| ..21 | A&F Ladies --------| ..44 | Active Bottoms --------| ..90 | ArtisTEEic --------| ..46 | Babe's Denim --------| ..50 | Buckle up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsuess Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 When I try to use the Excel Contribution it will add one category to the store with nothing in that category, but I get the error message of: File uploaded. Temporary filename: /var/tmp/phpQM9ETr User filename: 8DHDistributing-BAGSCARRYCASESACTIVE.txt Size: 792962 1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')' at line 1 insert into categories(date_added, parent_id) values ('2005-09-12',) [TEP STOP] Could someone please help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palarn Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Maybe I'm bit late, but I still getting this error: File uploaded.Temporary filename: /var/tmp/php3IHw4L User filename: Form.csv Size: 14848 Thats all! | What to do? Can I send the file to someone that can help me? Thank you. Paal Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordbdp Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Hello ! I have installed the contribution Excel Import 1.51 but when I click on "Excel import!" I obtened an error message : Access DeniedNo Right Permission Access Please contact your Web Administrator to request more access or if you found any problem. I think it's normal because on catalog.php I have : //Admin begin // '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_CATEGORIES_PRODUCTS . '</a><br>' . // '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_CATEGORIES_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES . '</a><br>' . // '<a href="' . tep_href_link('excel.php', '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">Excel import!</a><br>'. // '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_MANUFACTURERS, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_MANUFACTURERS . '</a><br>' . // '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_REVIEWS, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_REVIEWS . '</a><br>' . // '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_SPECIALS . '</a><br>' . // '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_EXPECTED, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_PRODUCTS_EXPECTED . '</a>'); tep_admin_files_boxes(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, BOX_CATALOG_CATEGORIES_PRODUCTS) . tep_admin_files_boxes(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES, BOX_CATALOG_CATEGORIES_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES) . '<a href="' . tep_href_link('excel.php', '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">Excel import!</a><br>'. tep_admin_files_boxes(FILENAME_MANUFACTURERS, BOX_CATALOG_MANUFACTURERS) . tep_admin_files_boxes(FILENAME_REVIEWS, BOX_CATALOG_REVIEWS) . tep_admin_files_boxes(FILENAME_SPECIALS, BOX_CATALOG_SPECIALS) . tep_admin_files_boxes(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_EXPECTED, BOX_CATALOG_PRODUCTS_EXPECTED)); //Admin end I think it wants a code style : tep_admin_files_boxes(FILENAME_MANUFACTURERS, BOX_CATALOG_MANUFACTURERS) . But how do that good ? Please help me ! I am normaly on the french forum but it is in maintenance... PS : I use MS2.2 051103 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 hi guys, Very nice and easy contribution to install. it works great but I do have one small problem. I use on my shop dutch and english languaes . but when i import data I only see the english data on my shop and no dutch data. where can I configure on excel.php thanks for all your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordbdp Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 If I had anderstand ths system, you have a code number to change the language but when I wanted to activate or change this I couldn't change thes import system. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minuteman1970 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Hello, I initially tried the "Easy Populate" contribution but ran into lots of trouble. So, I installed the Excel Import contribution, and had some decent success. I am still unclear on a few things, however. For product descriptions, I usually have a non-bulleted list similar to this: DESIGNED BY SWAT TEAMS FOR SWAT USE KEVLAR CONSTRUCTION FOR EXTREME CUT AND HEAT PROTECTION WATER AND CUT RESISTANT LEATHER PALMS REMOVABLE TRIGGER FINER ELASTICIZED WRISTS AND GAUNTLET SUPERIOR GRIP AVAILABLE IN OLIVE DRAB OR BLACK AVAILABLE IN SIZES: SM - XL When I tried pasting this sort of text into excel, it creates new rows. I suppose I need to somehow cause all of the text to go into the one cell. Do you have any suggestions on how best to do this? Another issue I ran into is that I need to give all of my products a "taxable goods" tax class to allow for sales tax when I sell to residents of my state (NY). My header file did not have that column, but the one included with the contribution did. I tried adding the same text to the right side as a new column header, but it seemed to ignore the column. Actually, it re-added the same item instead of trying to just update it. Here is the header file layout I used, which another forum member was nice enough to email me: manufacturer_name manufacturers_image categories1_name categories2_name categories3_name model_no web_pic list_price weight products_name products_description Lastly, many of my products have attributes such as color and/or size. Is there any way this contribution can accomodate adding attributes? Overall, it will simplify things for me even if I still need to add attributes and manually change the tax class. Thanks, Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 hi guys, Very nice and easy contribution to install. it works great but I do have one small problem. I use on my shop dutch and english languaes . but when i import data I only see the english data on my shop and no dutch data. where can I configure on excel.php thanks for all your time. Yep I did work on the dutch side only had to change the code to 4! on the next lines: 222, 251,286 and 302 of excel.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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