i have a CCK content type called X with three fields:

A: regular Title field
B: nodereference field (select list)
C: date field with custom formay Y-m-d (select list)

i downloaded the latest dev version of node_import (April 22, 2009) and put the date.inc from #55 of this thread into the date subfolder, overwriting the previous date.inc

i start the import with my text file that looks like this:
Node Title One, Node Reference One, 2006-01-31
Node Title Two, Node Reference Two, 2007-02-28
Node Title Three, Node Reference Three, 2008-03-31

it detects the fields from the text file, when asked to set more options for the date field, i choose "custom" from the drop-down and enter Y-m-d in the custom text area (to match the custom format for the date field in the content type).

i continue to the preview step where my nodes show up and appear to be ready to import correctly.

i click Next to go to the final import step (showing the import progress) and that step never displays - i am simply returned to step 1 without any progress indicator, and my nodes have not imported.

i am using the date api 6.x-2.2

am i doing something wrong? i'm sorry if this is a repeat issue, if it is please refer me to the solution and close this. thanks!

-bill

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wrb123 commented

sorry, my "this thread" reference should be: http://drupal.org/node/374346

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dbwes commented

Have you ever found the solution for this problem? I'm having the exact same issue.

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Drupalace-1 commented

Same problem here: I go through all eight steps, and everything seems fine (including Preview), but after clicking "Start Import"... nothing happens. The process just goes back to the "Import content" page (admin/content/node_import/). No progress report or anything. There's a message on the "Import content" saying "New import task has been created", but no mention of anything else having happened, nothing listed under tasks (just "No imports pending."), and no new content in the DB.

FWIW, I'm trying to import a dozen or two sample products from a CSV sheet (FTPed) into a Product content type for Ubercart. Nothing fancy, and not many fields; in fact, I'm following from a published book on Ubercart, just trying to copy what (apparently) worked successfully for the authors. It's all straightforward import, exactly per Node Import help.

Anyone know what could be going wrong?

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rlangille commented

I'm encountering a very similar problem. Mine is going through the import (showing the results and everything) and then when I go to view the data only one of my fields are actually filled in, yet it was completely correct in the preview.

I have about 60 fields with some being text fields, radio boxes, auto completes, and select fields.

Oddly enough the only one that woks is a select box. None of the other selects work however. I have tried the fields in groups and out of groups, required and non-required, with defaults set and not set, and I have tried this on another content type that only has text fields. Still no luck.

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rlangille commented

I figured out where my problem lies.

All of the fields import properly when I completely remove the date field. Even though it wasn't required, wasn't mapped, and did'nt have a default value it still caused the problem. I'm guessing that this problem will not be fully resolved until the date module works properly with node_import.

As always I found the problem as soon as I posted a request for support... seems to always work that way :P !

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Drupalace-1 commented

Same here: I found my solution shortly after posting. : /

In my case, it was a column of paths for images. The instructions I was using clearly indicate paths with no / in front - like images/picture.jpg . But upon testing, I found that only by adding the slash – like /images/picture.jpg – would Node Import progress to the actual importing. (At least, in my case; maybe users with different setups, such as different file system setup, don't need the slash.)

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

Has anything been done on this issue? I was able to get the date fields working by setting the date picker to select list (not preferred) but then the last step just does nothing. It kind of defeats the purpose of the Node Import module if you can only import some information then have to manually enter in the rest...Any ideas anyone?

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thadwheeler commented

I am encountering the same issues noted here, and I have no data information in my import. I am importing 8 fields.

Name: CCK Text
Full Name: CCK Text
Acronym: CCK Text
Category: Selct List
risk assessment rating: Select List

I have checked the column values, verified UTF-8 format and made sure all my fields have either content or empty entries. I have also run the update since installing the node_import module. I have used this module in the past and never had any issues.

My import completes and get success screen, and can download my import from there,but no nodes are created.

Anyone Solved this problem?

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bassam commented

Same issue here. Any solutions?

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saltspringer commented

I'm having the same problem. Using a variety of different test data files, I've tried to import into a CCK content type I've created, it seems to go through all of the steps correctly, tells me that I've successfully imported data, but no new nodes.

I'm using Drupal 6.19, and Node Import module v.6.x-1.0-rc4.

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Dimm commented

+1

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serjas commented

Make sure csv has an empty row ate end. If there is no empty row, node import wont able to finish the process