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
>>
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