Am running into a problem with EP 1.2.5.4 (zc - 1.5)

I've got a database which manages our products, and we've created a dozen or so attribute names, each attribute having anywhere from 2 or 3, up to 20 values.

The database export handles this to a .mer which is converted to a CVS (.txt), for upload & maintenance.

Normally, we open EP, and grab the models/attributes template, which we then can correlate correct field relationships TO, in our database.


We ran into a problem this week, when we added 6 more attribute names and about 15 more values for them, then needed to get the new template, for cross-relating....

When I click the Models/Attributes button (to get a sample), the site runs.....and runs..............and runs.. Eventually it either "glitches" or does something else--but in fact, it reloads the FRONT SIDE page to the site...

I've attempted this on numerous browsers, platforms, have set the retry/timeout settings on browsers out to 5-10 minutes... All to no avaiil.

The window shows the "processing" icon (spinning gear) for right about 3 minutes, then reloads our main front page...
I have tried numerous other ideas - - have monitored the /temp folder to see if iit produces anything, but nothing.....

Any thoughts?


On a parallel note:I would love to move to EP4, but the file format is entirely different (a many-to-many relationship, vs a 1-to-many relationship, where each product has a single entry with all attributes ID'd by # and by price fields)... Is there a way in EP4 to get the same template downloadd, which shows field names?? OR, can EP4 be set up to use the same format as EP 1.2.5.x (ie one record/product per row, with all attributes in that record)?