Thanks for the tips. I wrote an import to get in what i needed. But i will try this out when i need to do my next simple import. Cheers Andrew
On Mon, 4 May 2020 at 00:54, Clemens <[email protected]> wrote: > Have a look on how you open the file to be imported: > > python2: > open(filename, 'rb') > > python3: > open(str(filename), 'r', encoding='utf-8')) > > Hope, it helps! > > Regards > Clemens > > On Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 10:07:27 AM UTC+1, Andrew Rogers wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I exported a CSV file using the Import/Export > 'export as csv file' >> button found in the Database interface of web2py. That worked fine. >> >> I then modified the exported file slightly - just changed the IDs. >> >> I then tried to import the modified file back into the table using the >> 'import' button in the same area. But it fails with: >> >> <div>unable to parse csv file<pre>iterator should return strings, not >> bytes (did you open the file in text mode?)</pre></div> × >> >> What am i doing wrong? >> >> Thanks >> Andrew >> > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/cd078f5a-6053-40ff-a1ff-c6241c3518d7%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/cd078f5a-6053-40ff-a1ff-c6241c3518d7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/CACWMBMM9ujHy%2B_vbYn_siw_QbwwoUDcHq_hzKnZqbOV_0RMXmQ%40mail.gmail.com.

