Hello,
I am using version 1.9.
got error when upload user:
Invalid CSV file format - number of columns is not constant!
The CSV File is below:
username password firstname lastname email lang idnumber maildisplay course1 group1 type1
richard ricahrd12 Richard Bef Aco S.Pd user@email.com en 0 1 course1 GehF 1
albet albert34 Albet Kui "Bula, S.Pd" user4@email.com en 0 1 course1 GehF 1
Regards,
Wildan
In reply to wildan dio
Re: Invalid CSV file format - number of columns is not constant!
by Kristy Rhea -
I had the same thing happen to me. It's the "," you have in the lastname field for Bula, S.PD. When uploading as a csv file it recognizes the comma and thinks it is a new field. If you need to keep the commas in, change you separator to ; in Control panel, regional and language settings, regional tab, click settings, and change you list separator. (in windows) , re save your document, upload to moodle, on the upload users page make sure to change the drop down box to ; and upload your users.
By changing this setting in our control panel it will change you list separator for every file. You may run into issues when doing a bulk course creation with csv file if you dont use a comma, but you can always go back into control panel and change if needed.
By changing this setting in our control panel it will change you list separator for every file. You may run into issues when doing a bulk course creation with csv file if you dont use a comma, but you can always go back into control panel and change if needed.
In reply to Kristy Rhea
Re: Invalid CSV file format - number of columns is not constant!
by Richard Pinner -
Thanks so much for that - very useful and fixed my problem right away.
In reply to Kristy Rhea
Re: Invalid CSV file format - number of columns is not constant!
by Adma Lim -
hi, beside the above mentioned char, any other know char that would probably generate the same error message?
Char like:
'
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Char like:
'
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In reply to Adma Lim
Re: Invalid CSV file format - number of columns is not constant!
by Dave Cuttriss -
Also many thanks from me. Saved me a lot of drama with an 1800 entry CSV
Dave
Dave
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Re: Invalid CSV file format - number of columns is not constant!
by Melanie Scott -
Besides that, sometimes a spreadsheet might start with 50 rows but you delete the data from them...then it show up as having empty rows that leave rows and rows of ,,,,,,,. Instead of deleting the data, you have to delete the whole row.
If you don't, you can open the CSV as a notepad item and delete them. This also makes it easy to see where the problem lies.
I've taken to checking the CSV in notepad before uploading just as a time saver.
If you don't, you can open the CSV as a notepad item and delete them. This also makes it easy to see where the problem lies.
I've taken to checking the CSV in notepad before uploading just as a time saver.
In reply to Kristy Rhea
Re: Invalid CSV file format - number of columns is not constant!
by Phil Coultier -
Thanks Kirsty, you've also saved my life! 
In reply to wildan dio
Re: Invalid CSV file format - number of columns is not constant!
by Mark Timmans -
There is also a Microsoft Bug which may cause issues here. See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/77295
It states that the last column must contain information in at least every 16 rows otherwise it stops filling in the blanks with ,,,,,,
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nvalid CSV file format - number of columns is not constant!
by mahshid mahshid -
Hi .I upload my file with .csv format as blow but i see error message.
plz help
thanks
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Re: nvalid CSV file format - number of columns is not constant!
by mahshid mahshid -
end of each columns i put ,,,,,, but didn't work too.
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Re: nvalid CSV file format - number of columns is not constant!
by Iñaki Arenaza -
Hi,
What is the *exact* error message you get?
Saludos.
Iñaki.
What is the *exact* error message you get?
Saludos.
Iñaki.