It looks like contacts has evolved substantially since that article. Except for name and email columns, it doesn't come close to working.
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/29/11 11:20 AM, Lew Schwartz wrote: > > I need to get data from a dbf into a csv importable form for Google > > contacts. The internet is littered with improbable and ineffective csv > > versions, none of which work. This -what should be a pussy cat project- > is > > turning into a lion. Can anyone help? > > Here are the steps I would take: > > 1) Create a test CSV manually (with a text editor, not with Excel), > following the > instructions at http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12119. > I'd make > it have one record. > > 2) Try to import it into Google contacts. > > 3) Repeat steps 1-2 until you get it to import > > 4) Write your dbf-csv converter, and make a csv file with just the first > record. > > 5) Repeat steps 3-4 until it works > > 6) Try with your full set - any problems here will be exceptions to the > rule since > you already had one import successfully. Look for unescaped quotes, > non-ascii > characters, and the like. > > Paul > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cafuu78d9ujg5uvxki+9uqsbtdxjbdjmuoccykmd05bva8ct...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
