Tell me about it. Still not sure it'll work as advertised, though. On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Richard Quilhot <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just looked, 98 fields, but alot of them will be blank. > Hardest part would be making sure you got the right number of comma's for > the blank fields. > > Rick Q > [email protected] > > > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Lew Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That's what I'm working on, still a total bear. If you have time, look > for > > your self. > > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Richard Quilhot <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Reverse the process... create a Google contact and export it. Use that > > as > > > a > > > template for > > > creating the import file. > > > > > > Rick Q > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Lew Schwartz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > 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/CAFuU78dwT7cHaU-q3VF8RU4=9x9i8uznzeydag9kbw4nxn6...@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.
