Re: [Phpgroupware-users] Importing into addressbook...

[Dave Hall]

Marco Gaiarin <address@hidden> wrote:

> Mandi! Chris Weiss
>  In chel di` si favelave...
> 
> > problem is that CSV is a PITA of a data format, tons of 
> limitations but most
> > everything supports it in some way.
> > I personaly haven't had a need to import, and the little I had 
> tried has either
> > verified a bug or worked as I would have expected.
> 
> Ok, i supposed this but... what format have the cvs file for import?!
> Where i can found some docs that explain this?!

It should be somthing like this:
fieldname_1, fieldname_2, fieldname_3, .....
"this is text", "i'm playing with text \"what fun\"", 123, ....

> 
> I think there's no a problem to convert from access or FileMaker to a
> csv file, the problem is to correctly format the data suitable for
> phpgw format.
> 
> Where i can found this info?! Thanks.
> 

I used Alt-CSV import in 14 for several 1000 contacts as a test, and it
worked.  The most annoying thing is trying getting the field mapping right.

The data I used was test data from Lotus Notes provided by someone.

If you want to arrange to send me some sample data for me to play with,
email me off list and i will sort something out.  Please *do not* just
email me the data.

Cheers

Dave

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