similar to: FasterCSV won't accept :headers option

Hello, my goal is to import data into a MySQL-Database using FasterCSV: Does anyone have an idea how I can force FasterCSV to ignore carriage returns that occur within(!) a database text field and to read until "line feed" = end or row is reached? I tried to use option ":row_sep" but it did not work, it still uses the returns within the text field as end of row, too:

Hello all, I''m trying to import some csv data (that has latin characters) using faster csv but I keep getting a MalformedCSVError: "Unclosed quoted field on line 1." "/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fastercsv-1.2.3/lib/faster_csv.rb:1592:in `shift''" I''ve tested the same code outside of the Rails application an it works fine. Can anyone help me? Here is

ROR newbie here... I''m trying to build a form to upload a CSV file, then parse and store the data. I have debugged this code up this point, but now when I browse to my csv file, and click Upload, I get this error: "Missing template uploads/process_file.html.erb in view path..." Here is my view (in /uploads/new.html.erb) <% form_tag ({:action =>

I''m trying to grab a CSV file from a user and let them upload it directly to my database, but doing some minor checks on the data before saving. Which is the easier way to implement this? CSV or FasterCSV? I saw that perhaps there were some issues with FasterCSV and csv files created from Mac versions of Excel. Anyone have any experience with this and can recommend a newbie friendly

I just started my ImportsController and was this was really the way to go: ////////import.rb///////////////// class Import < ActiveRecord::Base has_attached_file :csv validates_attachment_presence :csv after_save :process_csv private def process_csv FasterCSV.foreach( csv.path) do |row| #TODO end end end /////////import_spec.rb///////////////// require

Hello, I must be unclear on the concept. Why is it that the following code runs but returns no result? def read_file FasterCSV.foreach("./dar.csv") do |row| STDOUT.puts row end end Thanks so much, Mike

I''m using FasterCSV to upload some csv files and create some records based off the data in the CSV files. I''m pretty sure the problem is a character encoding issue because the CSV is full of French and German words. If I remove all the accents off the letters, then it uploads fine, otherwise it just throws a FasterCSV::MalformedCSVError. jeremy-woertinks-imac:winovations

I am using fastercsv to process input files. I want to install it into my app/vendor directory as a gem (I guess). I used ''rake rails:freeze:gems'' to get rails into the vender dir. But I cannot find any doc on how to do it for fastercsv or any third-party gem. Any help appreciated. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hello Guys, May be it is simply but any way.... fasterCSV 1.2.0 how to load data from file to table :( I have tried this: file has just one line 1,2,3 data = FCSV.read("C:\\temp_file.csv") table = FCSV.parse(data, :headers => true) puts "data overview" puts data puts "table overview" puts table but got very strange error: undefined method

For some reason, I''ve posted this question to this forum 4 times now and it never appears in the daily consolidated email I get daily? I''ve written a routine allowing the client user to declare where their .csv import file resides and then send it to the server to import the many rows into an existing model table, and then throw it away. I''ve imported many graphic files

I''m using fastercsv such that in my rake file I''m doing this. require ''fastercsv'' It works fine on my Mac. I need to freeze this gem into the app though so my rake tasks work on the production machine. ----------- I spent about two hours though this weekend trying to get this Gem "frozen" into the vendor/gems folder. I tried all sorts, I ... -

How do I use fastercsv to just read the header row and not the whole file? I need to read the header row first and not the whole csv file initially in the web application so I can map the input csv columns to the db columns. Once the mapping is complete, a rake task will than process the whole file. I don’t want to read the whole file to save processing time. How do I just read the header row

Hi, So I''m new to RoR and have been playing around with the FasterCSV gem. One thing I can''t figure out is how you get it to skip multiple header rows. I can do one row no problem. But 2 or more is completely beyond me. Any suggestions? Cheers, Nick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Hi, All, Suppose I have a CSV file, there is data in it. * Column 1 Column2 Column 3 Column 4 Row1 a b c Row2 a2 b2 c2* You know, the column 4 is no data Now, I would like to insert data to Column 4, after save, the CSV file will be: * Column 1

Hi! I''m new at ruby,I want to redirect from here in app/admin: *collection_action :status_race, :method => :post do* * #Do some import work..* * redirect_to #redirect to import class* * end * To this class which is in app/lib/route: *class ImportRoute* * def initialize* * #parametres que tinga el fitxer* * end* * def run(filename)* * puts "Running route import

Hey, What way is the best to do imports of CSV files?

I''ve run into an interesting issue. When setting up a table with data from a file (I''m doing this in a block). I find that I can''t create separate entries manually after the import. It complains about a duplicate primary key. I''ve tried Schedule.id += 1 but id= either isn''t defined or accessible in the class Here is my code:

Is there any ActiveRecord''s dynamic finder that can allow me to find first association or create it if it doesn''t exist. Something like this (not this code is conceptual - it does not work!): Comment.posts.find_or_create(:first) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails:

I have a csv file and in my controller: uploaded_file = params[:upload][:csv].read @rows << FasterCSV.parse(uploaded_file) I want to put in @rows only the first 10 lines but the read method reads all the file. How can I do? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to

Hello Everybody, I picked up on the buzz about RoR and wanted to see what the fuss is about. So far i am very impressed but have hit a bit of a wall with a little play app i am writting. I want to iterate through a CSV file of my bank transactions and see just how much money i spend on beer and pies every month. I have successfully setup a database with a single table called transactions