Are all your fields surrounded in quotes? I forgot to mention that in my rush. Each data field should be surrounded with quotes and separated with commas with no space between. If that doesn't work, then some more hacking might be in order.
Mark On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 8:48:37 PM UTC-7, LG wrote: > > Btw, do you have any tips on how to keep the text field from splitting? I > was looking at TiddlyTools which said to write text which has a comma in it > like so: "Here is some text, here is more." When I toss that in using your > code, I get: > > "Here is some text <--- body > here is more <--- custom field > > I then tried writing it as ""Here is some text, here is more."" just to > see if that produced a different response. Nope. > > Best, > > LG > > On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 10:03:05 PM UTC-4, LG wrote: >> >> Hello, Mark! >> >> I can confirm that this works. The first attempt failed. But I realized >> the issue was that I forgot to reload after importing then saving. Then it >> worked smoothly. >> >> I'm going to stress test it a bit more to see what else I can do. >> >> Thank you! >> >> LG >> >> On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 12:10:48 AM UTC-4, Mark S. wrote: >>> >>> Here's a brand new, experimental tool to help you import CSV data. BE >>> SURE TO BACKUP YOUR TW FILE BEFORE TRYING THIS!! >>> >>> Unfortunately it is not a 100% automatic. That's why I refer to it as a >>> helper. Someone who knows the innards of TW5 could probably fix up the code >>> so that it does everything at once. >>> >>> Drag and drop the attached json file into your TW. Save and reload your >>> TW. >>> >>> Follow the instructions in "How to use the CSV to TW/JSON helper". >>> Basically you create a tiddler with your CSV data. The first row of the CSV >>> data must have your field headers, and the field "title" is mandatory. If >>> you want "created" or "modified" you will have to add your own date stamps >>> at this point. >>> >>> If the converter tiddler is successfully, your CSV data will appear >>> below. You can copy and paste the converted JSON code into a separate file >>> with a JSON extension, and then drag and drop it back into your TW to >>> convert. This is the part that could use some more automation. >>> >>> Good luck, >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 8:18:23 PM UTC-7, LG wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi! I've been desperately googling for half an hour and I *cannot *figure >>>> out how to use CreateTiddlersFromCSV. I copy data in and then it tells me >>>> I >>>> need to save. I cannot find a save button. I've tried dragging the URL >>>> into >>>> my TiddlyWiki, but the page just reloads and goes to that site. >>>> >>>> How do I do this? >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/5748c255-9a84-4e54-a95d-8736551f12d8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
