Quote Originally Posted by rolo550 View Post
I don't understand why everyone has to be such a smartass in this forum. I looked over your tutorial searching for category and categories and its just general info with "fix it" if you get errors...

If one looks at the file i pasted in, one will see that I have clearly defined a category column...so that leaves us with why is it not being pulled in...I realize its says "no category" in the error, but why? I have the categories name column in my file and every single product has a category assigned...
Rolo, your problem is quite elementary: You have NO v_products_model column. This column is mandatory in order for EP to work as it is the main key the script uses for either adding or updating product information. This is clearly stated in the wiki.

If you do not want to use products_models, then you cannot use ep 1.2.5.4... you will have to look for Langers' Easy Populate Advanced 3.0.3 PAID module who has unfortunately fallen off the scene for years now... but his site still seems to be up... (!?!?!?) just be aware that you MAY NOT get what you pay for!

NOW....

Before accusing Schoolboy of being a "smartass" please note his 7,248 postings since 2005. He is one of a very few number of people that come into this forum, and also this thread to offer FREE unpaid support for people on a nearly DAILY basis... Quite a few people contribute from time to time, but very few are hear daily. Also, this thread is nearly 3500 entries long... with MANY of the exact same issues being repeated over and over. I think you can understand how one can become exasperated - which I've seen happen to the point that an avid supporter drops off the boards.

Schoolboy wrote his WIKI to help stem the flood of questions until someone writes a better module. (which BTW I've partly done... EP4 beta is posted at GITHUB)

So, be kind, and rewind on that statement!

-cj