similar to: How do I use fastercsv to just read the header row and not the whole file?

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

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

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/.

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 ... -

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

currently iam using FasterCSV to render csv pages format.csv do csv_string = FasterCSV.generate do |csv| # header row csv << @query_result[0].keys @query_result.each do |x| csv << x.values end end #send it to the browser send_data csv_string, :type => ''text/csv;

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

When I pass :headers => true to FasterCSV.foreach it complains. Without it it works. Am I doing something wrong? FasterCSV.foreach(file, {:row_sep => :auto, :col_sep => "\t", :quote_char => "~", :return_headers => false, :headers => true}) do |row| -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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

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:

I just created a test rails app, and am having very wierd issues with mongrel cluster. Here''s what I''m doing: rails test sudo chown -R mongrel:mongrel test cd test sudo mongrel_rails \ cluster::configure -e production \ -p 8000 -N 3 -a 127.0.0.1 --user mongrel \ --group mongrel It correctly writes the mongrel_cluster.yml file to the config directory. Now,

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

Is there a way to write a csv file using a hash instead of an array? Something like this: header_keys = :first_name, :last_name, :email FasterCSV.open("path/to/file.csv", "w") do |csv| User.all.do |user| csv << user end end Thanks... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To

I''m working on an app that includes the feature to allow user to download a csv file of their data. I''ve got it working on my local machine, but when I deploy it, the link I''m making doesn''t work for doing the download. The file IS being created in the location I''m intending, but the file download only works on my local machine and not on the server.