Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[cvue]

Sounds like a folder/file permissions issue. Is your admin folder set to 755 and easypopulate.php set to 644?

:: PROBLEM SOVLED!!! ::

WOW!! YOU'RE BRILLIANT!!
That would of been one of the last thing i would to think of. I didn't know that would create such a big hassle!!!

THANKS so much for the fast response!!! I'll definitely learned what to look for next time i have this problem!!!!

:: THANKS!! ::

[cvue]

:: stlnyc's PROBLEM ::

Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/grapedis/public_html/vinoadmin/easypopulate.php on line 811

I ran into this same problem but instead of "on line 811" mine was "on line 852", this must mean that we are using a different script, or version. So this might not be it, but could be. the similarity that caught my eye was this line

v_EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_CUSTOM_FIELDS

on the last WARNING LINE

:: MY THOUGHT ::
In my situation, I figured it was a Sql problem so I checked the "ep_debug_log.txt", and it was. It seems that the PHP code was trying to pull information from the database, and the database could not find it, or did not have.
ep_debug_log.txt

MySQL error 1054: Unknown column 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_CUSTOM_FIELDS' in 'field list'
When executing:
INSERT INTO products SET
products_model = 'MG200MMS' ,
products_price = '299.99' ,
products_image = 'matrox/mg200mms.gif' ,
products_weight = '23' ,
products_tax_class_id = '1' ,
products_date_available = '' ,
products_date_added = '2003-11-03 12:32:00' ,
products_last_modified = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ,
products_quantity = '31' ,
master_categories_id = '2' ,
manufacturers_id = '1',
products_status = '1',
metatags_title_status = '',
metatags_products_name_status = '',
metatags_model_status = '',
metatags_price_status = '',
metatags_title_tagline_status = '' , EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_CUSTOM_FIELDS=''

:: MY SOLUTION ::
What I did, was: went into MyPhpAdmin, Hard-Delete the easy-populate CONFIGURATION data (I DON'T RECOMMEND DOING THIS IF YOU'RE NOT FIMILAR WITH MYSQL)

Then did a zencart=>admin=>easypopulate=> INSTALL again. That fixed my problems.

AS FOR THIS CODE ERROR

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/grapedis/public_html/vinoadmin/easypopulate.php:811) in /home/grapedis/public_html/vinoadmin/easypopulate.php on line 1156

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/grapedis/public_html/vinoadmin/easypopulate.php:811) in /home/grapedis/public_html/vinoadmin/easypopulate.php on line 1157

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/grapedis/public_html/vinoadmin/easypopulate.php:811) in /home/grapedis/public_html/vinoadmin/easypopulate.php on line 1161

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/grapedis/public_html/vinoadmin/easypopulate.php:811) in /home/grapedis/public_html/vinoadmin/easypopulate.php on line 1165
v_products_model,v_products_image,v_products_name_1,v_products_description_1,v_p roducts_url_1,v_specials_price,v_specials_date_avail,v_specials_expires_date,v_p roducts_price,v_products_weight,v_date_avail,v_date_added,v_products_quantity,v_ manufacturers_name,v_categories_name_1,v_categories_name_2,v_categories_name_3,v _categories_name_4,v_categories_name_5,v_categories_name_6,v_categories_name_7,v _tax_class_title,v_status,v_EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_CUSTOM_FIELDS,v_metatags_product s_name_status,v_metatags_title_status,v_metatags_model_status,v_metatags_price_s tatus,v_metatags_title_tagline_status,v_metatags_title_1,v_metatags_keywords_1,v _metatags_description_1

This is just trying to send information, but cant because the first error created a kind of roof or top, to where this information cannot process through.

I HOPE THIS HELPS!! I wanted to help show more then just the answer but what and why, so next time it will be easier to troubleshoot errors.

[rebel tech]

Hi

Strange question - is there a way to only update products not add new ones?

[schoolboy]

EP uses the product's MODEL NUMBER as the key identifier for its operations.

So if you have a product in the database with Model Number 12345, and let's say it is priced at $10.95...

Now, you want to UPDATE that product (perhaps along with 100 others) to show a new price...

You do an EP download file of all your products.

Open in a spreadsheet.

Delete ALL records that you do not want price changes.

Keep only the 100 products you DO want price changes

Put NEW VALUES into v_products_price cells

SAVE as Tab-delimited.

IMPORT into database via EP

EP will UPDATE those products, to show their new prices.

Search the WIKI for Easy Populate to see my tutorial

[kcb410]

Hello everyone,
I currently have 1.2.5.5. CSV installed but it's not functioning. I would like to remove this version and install the more reliable 1.2.5.4 but I get the following error when I use langer=remove:

Warning Easy Populate Configuration Missing. Please install your configuration by clicking here:

When I do click there I get the following:

1062 Duplicate entry 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_CUSTOM_FIELDS' for key 'unq_config_key_zen'
in:
[INSERT INTO zen_configuration VALUES ('', 'Uploads Directory', 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_TEMP_DIR', 'tempEP/', 'Name of directory for your uploads (default: tempEP/).', 45, '0', NULL, now(), NULL, NULL), ('', 'Upload File Date Format', 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_FILE_DATE_FORMAT', 'm-d-y', 'Choose order of date values that corresponds to your uploads file, usually generated by MS Excel. Raw dates in your uploads file (Eg 2005-09-26 09:00:00) are not affected, and will upload as they are.', 45, '1', NULL, now(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array("m-d-y", "d-m-y", "y-m-d"),'), ('', 'Default Raw Time', 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_DEFAULT_RAW_TIME', '09:00:00', 'If no time value stipulated in upload file, use this value. Useful for ensuring specials begin after a specific time of the day (default: 09:00:00)', 45, '2', NULL, now(), NULL, NULL), ('', 'Split File On # Records', 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_SPLIT_MAX', '300', 'Default number of records for split-file uploads. Used to avoid timeouts on large uploads (default: 300).', 45, '3', NULL, now(), NULL, NULL), ('', 'Custom Products Fields', 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_CUSTOM_FIELDS', '', 'Enter a comma seperated list of fields to be automatically added to import/export file(ie: products_length, products_width). Please make sure field exists in PRODUCTS table.', 45, '3', NULL, now(), NULL, NULL), ('', 'Maximum Category Depth', 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_MAX_CATEGORY_LEVELS', '7', 'Maximum depth of categories required for your store. Is the number of category columns in downloaded file (default: 7).', 45, '4', NULL, now(), NULL, NULL), ('', 'Upload/Download Prices Include Tax', 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_PRICE_INC_TAX', 'false', 'Choose to include or exclude tax, depending on how you manage prices outside of Zen Cart.', 45, '5', NULL, now(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array("true", "false"),'), ('', 'Make Zero Qty Products Inactive', 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_ZERO_QTY_INACTIVE', 'false', 'When uploading, make the status Inactive for products with zero qty (default: false).', 45, '6', NULL, now(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array("true", "false"),'), ('', 'Smart Tags Replacement of Newlines', 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_SMART_TAGS', 'true', 'Allows your description fields in your uploads file to have carriage returns and/or new-lines converted to HTML line-breaks on uploading, thus preserving some rudimentary formatting (default: true).', 45, '7', NULL, now(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array("true", "false"),'), ('', 'Advanced Smart Tags', 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_ADV_SMART_TAGS', 'false', 'Allow the use of complex regular expressions to format descriptions, making headings bold, add bullets, etc. Configuration is in ADMIN/easypopulate.php (default: false).', 45, '8', NULL, now(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array("true", "false"),'), ('', 'Debug Logging', 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_DEBUG_LOGGING', 'true', 'Allow Easy Populate to generate an error log on errors only (default: true)', 45, '9', NULL, now(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array("true", "false"),') ]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.

Any help would be appreciated...Thank you!!

[cvue]

1062 Duplicate entry 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_CUSTOM_FIELDS' for key 'unq_config_key_zen'

:: MY THOUGHTS for kcb410 ::

From what it sounds, there seems to be some values in the MySql database that is missing. So when (http://www.....com/admin/easypopulate.php) goes to read the stored data, it outputs
"Warning Easy Populate Configuration Missing. Please install your configuration by clicking here:"
By clicking that will run the Sql installation step, where this creates the data stored into your MySql Database. Since you already have a version install you will need to remove the data that was stored when you use the installation of 1.2.5.5. CSV. Now I haven't used Easy Populate to much, but I create php scripts that communicates with a MySql Database. IN ANOTHER WORDS, I'm not sure if Easy Populate has a feature to remove these VALUES out of the database.

:: BUT WHAT I WOULD DO ::
If you are familiar with PhpMyAdmin (LOCATED IN CPANEL), you can go into that back-end and remove the CONFIGURATION KEYS manually.
*I DO NOT RECOMMENDING DOING THIS IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH MYSQL DATABASE STRUCTURE*
removing other data can really screw your entire database up.
The process is quite simple:
- To do this, go into your PhpMyAdmin, find the Database you have set for your Zen-Cart Store and CLICK on that name.
- Then find the CONFIGURATION table (if you have a prefix on during the Zencart installation it would like this ex[ pre_configuration ]) and CLICK it.
- then you have to go to the very last configuration keys
NOTE: on mine, it only shows from 1-30, but if you look carefully you can see that there is somewhere around +500 value stored in that one TABLE
- What I do is CLICK( configuration_id ) until the table is ordering the numbers in descending order ex.(500, 499,498,497... etc)
- from here if you look down the (configuration_key) column you will see a bunch of values starting with (EASYPOPULATE_ ... .. .) those will be the ONLY keys you want to delete.
- once deleted you can re-CLICK the button that started all this fuss.

THE "Warning Easy Populate Configuration Missing. Please install your configuration by clicking here:"

:: MY CONCLUSION ::

I'm not sure if that will work for you or not, but those are the steps i would take to a problem such as yours.

I hope this information helps.

[rebel tech]

EP uses the product's MODEL NUMBER as the key identifier for its operations.

So if you have a product in the database with Model Number 12345, and let's say it is priced at $10.95...

Now, you want to UPDATE that product (perhaps along with 100 others) to show a new price...

You do an EP download file of all your products.

Open in a spreadsheet.

Delete ALL records that you do not want price changes.

Keep only the 100 products you DO want price changes

Put NEW VALUES into v_products_price cells

SAVE as Tab-delimited.

IMPORT into database via EP

EP will UPDATE those products, to show their new prices.

Search the WIKI for Easy Populate to see my tutorial

Hi

That is simple enough, thanks schoolboy. The problem is that if I have 100 products and the new pricelist that I receive had 200 products. I don't want to search through the other 100 looking for the update. I just want to be able to update only those that already exist.

The OSC one just had update button.

Any ideas?

[RiverCity]

I've searched the forum but either I'm missing it or just haven't found it yet, still looking but thought I'd go ahead and post it and maybe someone could send me the forum link or might be able to help.

Just installed EP v1.2.5.4 and it's showing under my tools menu but when I click on it I get this error message. Can anyone point me in the right direction for an answer?

"Fatal error: Call to undefined function tep_not_null() in /home/electric/public_html/admin/includes/classes/table_block.php on line 33"

Thanks
Jim

[discprodonline]

:: stlnyc's PROBLEM ::


I ran into this same problem but instead of "on line 811" mine was "on line 852", this must mean that we are using a different script, or version. So this might not be it, but could be. the similarity that caught my eye was this line

on the last WARNING LINE

:: MY THOUGHT ::
In my situation, I figured it was a Sql problem so I checked the "ep_debug_log.txt", and it was. It seems that the PHP code was trying to pull information from the database, and the database could not find it, or did not have.
ep_debug_log.txt


:: MY SOLUTION ::
What I did, was: went into MyPhpAdmin, Hard-Delete the easy-populate CONFIGURATION data (I DON'T RECOMMEND DOING THIS IF YOU'RE NOT FIMILAR WITH MYSQL)

Then did a zencart=>admin=>easypopulate=> INSTALL again. That fixed my problems.

AS FOR THIS CODE ERROR


This is just trying to send information, but cant because the first error created a kind of roof or top, to where this information cannot process through.

I HOPE THIS HELPS!! I wanted to help show more then just the answer but what and why, so next time it will be easier to troubleshoot errors.

Do you have a little more information about this? I am getting the exact same error, but I do not know enough about SQL to know how to fix it. Please let me know. Thanks.

[RiverCity]

I'm not sure I know enough about it to try your recommendation but I'll go slow and try it.

Thanks