On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 3:40 AM, petermity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "Erik Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>>On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:01 AM, petermity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I would like to export from Trac in a similar format as I
>>> imported to it.  I used a hand-created CSV file and the script:
>>>   http://trac.edgewall.org/attachment/wiki/TracSynchronize/csv2trac.2.py
>>>
>>> I defined three custom fields (cross_references, meeting_discuss,
>>> current_status).  The CSV header line and one record sample:
>>>
>>> type,cross_references,time,changetime,component,reporter,cc,url,version,milestone,status,resolution,keywords,meeting_discuss,priority,severity,owner,summary,description,current_status
>>> task,XR-37512,,,,,,,,,new,,,Maybe,1,1,John,"Issue sample","Description
>>> line 1
>>> Description line 2: Issue discussed at meeting 'Big Issues', last Wed.
>>> Description line 3
>>> ","Awaiting TIB"
>>>
>>> This imported fine and works.  But I can find no report or query
>>> method for exporting to the same kind of CSV format.  Choosing
>>> the CSV export link at the end of a report or query does not
>>> include the Description.
>>>
>>> Playing with sqlite3.exe on trac.db and the ticket and
>>> ticket_custom tables, my newbie SQL non-skills are apparent; a
>>> join of, or trying to select fields from, both tables gives
>>> duplicate ticket records.  What I want is a single record for
>>> each ticket, with the three custom field values included.  (I
>>> don't really care what the field order is, just want all fields
>>> of each ticket).
>>
>>If you want to add the description, manually add col=description to
>>the URL query string.
>
> Thank you very much for the reply!  Yes, this worked; even the
> newline formatting in the Description field is preserved, and
> (after re-checking the checkbox of a couple fields that had
> somehow become unchecked) I verified it exported all data OK.

Yeah, I figured it should work for you.  I've had users come to me
with the same problem.  I keep meaning to try to come up with a better
solution to this, though I haven't really thought about it much at
this point.

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