Good morning, I wanted to know if it was possible to use this plug in to import into the database a csv file that I will be shared by a company in a folder on the server via ftp connection. I need to upload in the database this csv file three times a day, through a cron job… is it possible to configure this plug in such a way that this upload works automatically?

Hi,
Thank you for your work.
If we can choose the character delimiter for fields in the csv file, it would be nice for all those like me using a non english Excel version (semicolon in portuguese Excel for instance).
As it seems to me a small modification, I hope to see it in a future version…

“File must end with a .csv extension.
Number of .csv file Columns: There was an error extracting data from the.csv file. Please ensure the file is a proper .csv format.”

Tried with very small and perfectly formatted CSV files in UTF-8 as I read, but nothing. Always this same error.

Is there a way to make this work?

* There was a problem with the database query.
* A duplicate entry was found in the database for a .csv file entry.
* If necessary; please use the option below to “Update Database Rows”.

Hello!
By default it’s in settings tab, i want to move it to a custom tab. Below is my custom tab creation code.

function add_admin_page() {
add_menu_page(
‘Parcel Tracking Settings’, //Page Title
‘Parcel Tracking’, //Menu Title
‘manage_options’, //Capability
‘parcel-tracking’, //Page slug
‘admin_page_html’ //Callback to print html
);
}

Thanks!

This plugin worked for me last year but now I’m having the same problem as this thread https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/unable-to-import-csv/.

Tried everything from that thread including exporting the current file and trying to load back in. The problem is that the “Select Input File:” box never gets populated with the file name. It’s in the media library but I can’t select it to populate the box either.

Am trying to update products in the wp_wp_eStore_tbl

All plugins are disabled and I am on WP 5.7.2.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks!

Hi,

When I upload a csv file, it offers Media upload only, even though I have selected the data table in mysql. The files is loader in the media instead of adding lines in MySQL table. It this normal ?

No valid .csv file was found at the specified url. Please check the “Select Input File” field and ensure it points to a valid .csv file.

Export works fine. But I keep getting the above message trying to import. I tried with and without increment id column, with and without first row with column names. I am sure it is a proper , delimited csv. Also tried importing the csv I exported. To no avail.

Any ideas?

Data import plugins are new to me so please forgive the ignorance.

I’m going to use the LearnDash plugin to set an quiz site with,
. 6 exams
. 3 sections / exam
. 60 questions / exam
All questions are multiple choice so I’m hoping make it as batch-orientated as possible.

Using your plugin, would it be possible to import both the question and it’s available answers (and whatever other data needed)? It would be ideal if there were a way to also identify the answer from the imported data and have that answer set.

I can set up the CVS any way needed. I just don’t know if that’s possible.

For example, import in CVS…
Question: “What is 2+2?”
Answer1: “5”
Answer2: “8”
Answer3: “4”
Correct: “Answer3”

Thank you.

After uploading the CSV file the dates in the Date column were not uploaded to the database table. Can you say what would cause this?

Hi,
First of all thanks for making this great plugin.
I would like to add a taxonomy to my website so I picked up the wp_term_taxonomy database option (I don’t know if this is the right one).
I am trying to use a very simple CSV file and I keep getting the message that the file is not a CSV file.

Here is a link to the file I am trying to use to add Taxonomy:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UmeiJtIUP1E8Mr57c5JOVp2DzjuIZzfcDwfer4s1IrY/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks for your help and efforts,
Eli.

Hello,

I am very carefully with installing plugins regarding gdpr compliance. Is “WP CSV to Database” GDPR compliant? Thank you.

Kind regards, Harry

Hi, is there a way to truncate table before import? if not, could that be added as an option? I have a client that updates their inventory list almost daily to a non-WP DB table – but we need to truncate the table first and I’d like to give the client the option to do that.

Hello,

Is this plugin compatible with latest PHP version 7.2?
On scan, it reports me the error on a few lines saying:
— 111 | ERROR | Extension ‘mysql_’ is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0; Use mysqli instead
— 130 | ERROR | Indirect access to variables, properties and methods will be evaluated strictly in left-to-right order since PHP 7.0. Use curly braces to remove ambiguity.

We have an excel file which records member attendance for meetings held twice a month. The exported CSV file has rows with column data up to the current meeting.
So for the first month each member has an Id number, a last name, a first name, and one field for the first meeting (a character X for attended, or N for not-attended) as follows:
203,Schrage,James,X
For the second month each member has an Id number, a last name, a first name, and one field for the first meeting (a character X for attended, or N for not-attended), and a second field for the second meeting as follows:
203,Schrage,James,X,X
The table definition has 29 fields for Id, Last Name, First Name, and 24 columns for the attendance codes.
I’ve tried to import and it fails as all columns are not present.

I love this plugin, it’s perfect for being able to load CSV files into my own custom database tables.

One request I would ask, is that online 89 of main.php:
<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/themes/<?php echo $select_theme; ?>/jquery-ui.css”>

Would you change the href to “//code.jquery.com/…” – without the http:</strong? This will allow the plugin to load the jquery UI css file over the same protocol as the site. (I’m on https for my site).

Thanks – this is a fantastic bit of work!

I am using this plugin. I got the 404 error when it tried to go to profile/group/edit so I disabled all the plugins but BuddyPress and this one. When I clicked Start Importing I got this text:
Importing users
Ready to registers
First row represents the form of sheet

Inserting and updating data
Row username email id Location Gender Age Height (ft) More About Me

It’s been about ten minutes and nothing has changed. Should I check for errors somewhere?

I want to import a CSV file with about 50 columns in it. How many columns is limit in table of SCV file to import?

Hello,

When i select input file, it appears the error below

Number of .csv file Columns: There was an error extracting data from the.csv file. Please ensure the file is a proper .csv format.

Why this happens? I tried to import csv file from phpmyadmin and it was successful.

Sincerely,
Vithleem

I have to update the database on a regular basis. Is there a way to use your plugin as a cron job?

Uploading an input file results in the URL having https at the start, but also that ‘there was an error extracting data from the .csv file’.

Manually changing the URL to http and the file can be read ok.

Is there something wrong with our SSL configuration perhaps, or an issue with the plugin?

Hello support,

The plugin seems great, but when I upload a .csv file which I save with Microsoft Excel I get an error message: “This is not a valid .csv file extension.”

Why do you think this is happening? It seems that the .cvs file is ok and I followed a detailed youtube tutorial on how to save my table as .csv

Thanks in advance,
Omer

This plugin has no authorisation-levels. It’s only available for ‘admin’-role.

I’d like to have it available for the editor.
Is there a simple way to edit the code like this:

$allowed = false;
		if(function_exists('wp_get_current_user')){
			 $user = wp_get_current_user();
			 // ('editor', 'administrator', 'author', 'subscriber', 'contributor');
			 $allowed = (current_user_can('editor') || current_user_can('administrator')));
		 }

if ($allowed) {

Hi,

I get the same error as in a previous thread while trying to export a table:

Warning: mysql_query(): Access denied for user ”@’localhost’ (using password: NO) in /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php on line 111
Warning: mysql_query(): A link to the server could not be established in /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php on line 111
Warning: mysql_num_fields() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php on line 113
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php:111) in /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php on line 138
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php:111) in /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php on line 139
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php:111) in /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php on line 140
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php:111) in /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php on line 141
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php:111) in /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php on line 142
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php:111) in /wp-content/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/main.php on line 143

This is on WP 4.8.2.

Cheers,
Christian

Hi,
How can I import csv files that have fields with comma’s in them. I tried:
– enclosing those fields in quotes ” ”
– enclosing all fields in quotes (regardless of whether or not they have comma’s in them)
– escaping the comma with \

None of these approaches work. Please advise. Thanks in advance.

Kind regards

Hello,

I’m having an issue when uploading CSVs to a live site on WP Engine. The same Plugin and CSVs work perfectly on my local site.

The error message I get when trying to upload the CSVs is; “There was an error extracting data from the.csv file. Please ensure the file is a proper .csv format.”

I have contacted WP Engine, but they have said the plugin isn’t on their disallowed list. I have tried disabling all the other plugins and I have tried different CSVs, but the problem still persists.

Both sites are running WordPress 4.7.4. the PHP version on my local site (working perfectly) is 7.0.9 on the live site it is 5.6.

Any advice you can give would be much appreciated.

Thank you!

Hi!
I’m trying to import a CSV-file from Google Sheets, but get the error
“This is not a valid CSV-file….”
Yes, its working with a local CSV-file

i don’t know which default “Character set of the file” use in your plugin.
but i wanna need ISO 8859-1 “Character set of the file”.
Then what should i do.

First I export database as csv file then I need to modify this file and want to upload it into same database using this plugin.
The data has been uploaded successfully but I want to avoid uploading 1st row which is title of data showing in the screenshot.

can you help me please.

Hi,

I’ve installed this plugin, but when I select a *.csv file to upload, and it uploads it, then chose the file, the plugin says it’s not a csv file?!

But it 100% is a csv file?

Thnx!