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So I setup a nice csv file for the customer to fill in the shop items for their webshop, you know? with a nice layout like
name - language - description etc.

(just temporary, because the legacy website is going under a ((sadly frontend only)) rework, so it now also has to display different 'kind' of products... and because the new cms isn't done yet they
have to provide the data with other means)

my thoughts were to create a little import script to write the file into the database.... keep in mind of the relations... etc...

guess what? TWO MONTHS later, I get a file with a custom layout, empty cells, sometimes with actual data, sometimes (in red / green text color) notes for me

I mean WHY.... WHY DO YOU MAKE MY LIVE HARDER???

So now I have to put data in 6 columns and 411 rows in the database BY HAND...

oh and did I mention they also have relations? yeah... I also have to do that by hand now...

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making my life difficult

fml

php

legacy project

mysql

dumb client
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  • 9
    6y
    This is where you send it back with the original instructions and tell them to do it again.

    Don’t do it manually.... unless you have no choice
  • 4
    6y
    @Bitwise sadly no, its a complete new format with new data, but I'm gonna send the file back to the customer with (again) instructions on how he is supposed to deliver it (just what @C0D4 suggested)
  • 5
    6y
    Hahaha sry but I was expecting that as I read CSV... 😁

    We implemented a CSV import feature to an onlineshop (currently tested by a handfull of customers) and it is fucking ridiculous how people are not able to download the CSV template with all fields prepared and fill it out the way it is supposed to be and told in the documentation and in the file itself.

    NEVER underestimate the stupidity of mankind! There is always someone more stupid than you may think... 😉
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