Quote Originally Posted by mc12345678 View Post
Okay, so there was a communication issue. My question was basically what is the name of the file that you are uploading to your database? (Provided as examples even though the capitalization and length of the filename may not be correct for this plugin: Basic, Full, Advanced, Attributes, etc...)
Here are some of the filenames:
Added Products Export.csv
Specials Prices with Description Export.csv
zzCharles Products Update Export.csv
Export Description Update HTML.csv

Quote Originally Posted by mc12345678 View Post
In order to identify why the description block as reported here will not update even though a new/revised line of data is provided, it is important to know some of the other details besides those from the screen:

For example, I don't think that having the model name and description 1 fields in the attributes file will result in a change to description 1.
If however, an applicable/appropriate filename is being used, then there is probably yet some special character in the data. Might do some sort of check for characters to be allowed in the text of the field after all of the substitutions. Also, look through your CSV that is to be manipulated using a standard text editor/viewer to verify that the text is not cutoff there at/after each save. May even want to save the file with a different name as you work from step to step so that you can run a text compare to see what changes between the two.

I'm still a little unclear as to at what point in the process the text of description 1 gets truncated. Is it from the export by access where the information is treated as a memo of tens of thousands of characters, or is it upon import to Zen Cart, or is it somewhere in between (ie, change something about the file?)
The description gets truncated during the import to Zen Cart. The text files being exported are not the issue as far as containing all the description. I don't load descriptions with attributes. Only with a special price change, normal price, quantity and weight updates. I also believe I have tried it with only model and description so the only thing being updated was description.

When I dissected a couple of products the place where it truncated had no special character, it is very strange. I'm going to try again with a description only update. If that doesn't work I'll try updating all descriptions to NULL and reload them and see if that works. I'll let you know how that turns out.