[Babase] Re: importing data

Leah Gerber lgerber at duke.edu
Mon Jun 26 16:08:15 EDT 2006


Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>
> On 06/26/2006 12:00:12 PM, Leah Gerber wrote:
>> Hi Karl,
>>
>> Do we still need to go directly through papio to import data tables 
>> into the new system. I see the import button but have not been able 
>> to get it to work. Do you suggest not even bothering with an easy 
>> method? I was hoping we could use the import button so I could get 
>> Jasmine to do some work for me without teaching her the unix system. 
>> If we use the *copy* command does the file need to be on papio?
>
> The way to get the import to work is to have each cell in the first row
> of the file you are importing contain the name of its column.
> If you're still having problems after trying that give me a call.
>
> Yes, if you use the "copy" command the file needs to be on papio.
>
> Karl <kop at meme.com>
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It did work when I changed all of the column names in excel and in the 
newly created table to capital letters.  Thanks

Leah




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