Product Description

I have encountered a problem: I enter a product description for a
product and when I update all that left of my description is the first
10 characters, the rest is gone, has anyone else noticed this?


Chad Nicholls

Product Description



Did you edit the products.dbf with Excel?

Vic Vega
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Chad Nicholls
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 5:15 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [m5u] Product Description
>
>
> I have encountered a problem: I enter a product description
> for a product and when I update all that left of my
> description is the first 10 characters, the rest is gone, has
> anyone else noticed this?
>
>
> Chad Nicholls
>
>

Product Description



I have opened the file with Excel, but I did not actually edit anything.

-----Original Message-----
From: WolfPaw Computers - Miva List [mailto:[email protected]]=20
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 4:17 PM
To: Chad Nicholls; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [m5u] Product Description

Did you edit the products.dbf with Excel?

Vic Vega
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]=20
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of=20
> Chad Nicholls
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 5:15 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [m5u] Product Description
>=20
>=20
> I have encountered a problem: I enter a product description=20
> for a product and when I update all that left of my=20
> description is the first 10 characters, the rest is gone, has=20
> anyone else noticed this?
>=20
>=20
> Chad Nicholls
>=20
>=20

Product Description



And re-uploaded that products.dbf to your server?

You have successfully damaged your database. You'll need to either have
your host restore the products.dbf from backup, or get a fresh empty
copy and re-do your products.

Excel truncates the memo fields to 10 characters, and should not be used
to edit dbf files.

Use a suitable editor such as dbfutils if you absolutely have to hand
edit Miva database files.

Vic Vega
WolfPaw Computers
Miva Merchant Hosting Specialists
"Put the power of the pack to work for you!"(sm)
Miva Standard Hosting Partner - OpenUI Premier Partner
FREE MerchantHowTo.com Basic Tutorial Subscription with each hosting
account! A $49 value!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Chad Nicholls
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 5:19 PM
> To: WolfPaw Computers - Miva List; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [m5u] Product Description
>
>
> I have opened the file with Excel, but I did not actually
> edit anything.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WolfPaw Computers - Miva List [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 4:17 PM
> To: Chad Nicholls; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [m5u] Product Description
>
> Did you edit the products.dbf with Excel?
>
> Vic Vega
> WolfPaw Computers
> Miva Merchant Hosting Specialists
> "Put the power of the pack to work for you!"(sm)
> Miva Standard Hosting Partner - OpenUI Premier Partner
> FREE MerchantHowTo.com Basic Tutorial Subscription with each
> hosting account! A $49 value! http://tinyurl.com/48nmu
>
> Ph: 1 (866) WOLFPAW
> www.wpcomp.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> > Chad Nicholls
> > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 5:15 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [m5u] Product Description
> >
> >
> > I have encountered a problem: I enter a product description
> > for a product and when I update all that left of my
> > description is the first 10 characters, the rest is gone, has
> > anyone else noticed this?
> >
> >
> > Chad Nicholls
> >
> >

Product Description



Thanks for the help Vic. I will get myself an empty file.

-----Original Message-----
From: WolfPaw Computers - Miva List [mailto:[email protected]]=20
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 4:27 PM
To: Chad Nicholls; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [m5u] Product Description

And re-uploaded that products.dbf to your server?

You have successfully damaged your database. You'll need to either have
your host restore the products.dbf from backup, or get a fresh empty
copy and re-do your products.

Excel truncates the memo fields to 10 characters, and should not be used
to edit dbf files.

Use a suitable editor such as dbfutils if you absolutely have to hand
edit Miva database files.

Vic Vega
WolfPaw Computers
Miva Merchant Hosting Specialists
"Put the power of the pack to work for you!"(sm)
Miva Standard Hosting Partner - OpenUI Premier Partner
FREE MerchantHowTo.com Basic Tutorial Subscription with each hosting
account! A $49 value!
http://tinyurl.com/48nmu

Ph: 1 (866) WOLFPAW
www.wpcomp.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]=20
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of=20
> Chad Nicholls
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 5:19 PM
> To: WolfPaw Computers - Miva List; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [m5u] Product Description
>=20
>=20
> I have opened the file with Excel, but I did not actually=20
> edit anything.
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WolfPaw Computers - Miva List [mailto:[email protected]]=20
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 4:17 PM
> To: Chad Nicholls; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [m5u] Product Description
>=20
> Did you edit the products.dbf with Excel?
>=20
> Vic Vega
> WolfPaw Computers
> Miva Merchant Hosting Specialists
> "Put the power of the pack to work for you!"(sm)
> Miva Standard Hosting Partner - OpenUI Premier Partner
> FREE MerchantHowTo.com Basic Tutorial Subscription with each=20
> hosting account! A $49 value! http://tinyurl.com/48nmu
>=20
> Ph: 1 (866) WOLFPAW
> www.wpcomp.com
>=20
>=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of=20
> > Chad Nicholls
> > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 5:15 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [m5u] Product Description
> >=20
> >=20
> > I have encountered a problem: I enter a product description
> > for a product and when I update all that left of my=20
> > description is the first 10 characters, the rest is gone, has=20
> > anyone else noticed this?
> >=20
> >=20
> > Chad Nicholls
> >=20
> >=20

Product Description



And this is another good testimonial for the MySQL install. But even editing
the MySQL records always require a good backup before you start editing.


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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of WolfPaw
Computers - Miva List
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 3:27 PM
To: 'Chad Nicholls'; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [m5u] Product Description


And re-uploaded that products.dbf to your server?

You have successfully damaged your database. You'll need to either have
your host restore the products.dbf from backup, or get a fresh empty
copy and re-do your products.

Excel truncates the memo fields to 10 characters, and should not be used
to edit dbf files.

Use a suitable editor such as dbfutils if you absolutely have to hand
edit Miva database files.

Vic Vega
WolfPaw Computers
Miva Merchant Hosting Specialists
"Put the power of the pack to work for you!"(sm)
Miva Standard Hosting Partner - OpenUI Premier Partner
FREE MerchantHowTo.com Basic Tutorial Subscription with each hosting
account! A $49 value!
http://tinyurl.com/48nmu

Ph: 1 (866) WOLFPAW
www.wpcomp.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Chad Nicholls
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 5:19 PM
> To: WolfPaw Computers - Miva List; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [m5u] Product Description
>
>
> I have opened the file with Excel, but I did not actually
> edit anything.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WolfPaw Computers - Miva List [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 4:17 PM
> To: Chad Nicholls; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [m5u] Product Description
>
> Did you edit the products.dbf with Excel?
>
> Vic Vega
> WolfPaw Computers
> Miva Merchant Hosting Specialists
> "Put the power of the pack to work for you!"(sm)
> Miva Standard Hosting Partner - OpenUI Premier Partner
> FREE MerchantHowTo.com Basic Tutorial Subscription with each
> hosting account! A $49 value! http://tinyurl.com/48nmu
>
> Ph: 1 (866) WOLFPAW
> www.wpcomp.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> > Chad Nicholls
> > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 5:15 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [m5u] Product Description
> >
> >
> > I have encountered a problem: I enter a product description
> > for a product and when I update all that left of my
> > description is the first 10 characters, the rest is gone, has
> > anyone else noticed this?
> >
> >
> > Chad Nicholls
> >
> >