[Kexi] How to import to kexi from OO Base?

Jaroslaw Staniek js at iidea.pl
Tue Apr 22 14:56:42 CEST 2008


Dinbandhu said the following, On 2008-04-22 14:38:

> Ok -- here is the critical point. I exported from OO Base as a CSV file,
> and was able to import the CSV file into Kexi. And in Kexi's import
> preview window it gives a view of the table and how it will look after
> it is imported. There everything is perfect. But when I actually run the
> import, then anywhere in the original table where there is an empty
> cell, there Kexi is not keeping it empty as it should but is rather
> bringing in data from cells in the next column to the right. So that in
> the final imported table, the data are no longer in the correct columns
> where they belong. In the preview version everything is perfect. But
> once the import is actually executed, due to not recognizing empty cells
> as empty, all the data is in the wrong columns. Is there some way to fix
> this?

If you have picked right delimiter and other options and you are (almost) sure 
there is still a bug, please file a bug report on bugs.kde.org. There, you can 
attach the problematic csv file (sometimes even one row is enough).

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