https://forum.productcart.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:52:23 +0000 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:19:31 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.productcart.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3967 https://forum.productcart.com/forum_images/pc_logo_50.png https://forum.productcart.com/ https://forum.productcart.com/product-import_topic3967_post15497.html#15497 Author: Charlie V.
Subject: 3967
Posted: 03-September-2010 at 7:19pm

Thank you, Hamish.]]> Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:19:31 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/product-import_topic3967_post15497.html#15497 https://forum.productcart.com/product-import_topic3967_post15488.html#15488 Author: Hamish
Subject: 3967
Posted: 02-September-2010 at 2:31am

Hi Charlie V,
  There is no need to repeat the category Info, it's only required when a product is being imported to a new category (e.g. the first occurrence of that category in the import - if it doesn't already exist).

Personally I prefer to generate the category structure before importing the products, but this gives you the flexibility/capability to do it in one pass, as long as you stay within the depth limitation. http://wiki.earlyimpact.com/productcart/products_import#import_file_and_category_tree

I also thin out the fields to only those that I am adding/updating, taking note of those that are required - see "Field Requirements".
]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:31:59 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/product-import_topic3967_post15488.html#15488 https://forum.productcart.com/product-import_topic3967_post15487.html#15487 Author: Charlie V.
Subject: 3967
Posted: 02-September-2010 at 1:59am

I have two questions on the Importing Products wiki (http://wiki.earlyimpact.com/productcart/products_import):

1. What in the world is the "Short category description" for? It says that it "provides information on the subcategories that the category might contain", but why is that on a products table? Shouldn't that be in the categories table? Or is it expected that the subcategories that each category might contain would vary from individual product to product??

2. Similar question on the "long category description" -- is it expected that I repeat the information for each applicable category for each product? If so, why all the repetition?

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