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Bug 648354 - Opening a .csv file with null characters fails silently
Opening a .csv file with null characters fails silently
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: import/export Text
1.10.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Morten Welinder
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-04-21 06:40 UTC by hankin
Modified: 2011-04-22 08:04 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
sample .csv with null characters (18 bytes, text/csv)
2011-04-21 06:40 UTC, hankin 		Details

Description hankin 2011-04-21 06:40:25 UTC 
Created attachment 186409 [details]
sample .csv with null characters

Cannot import a file with null characters, no errors.

I am exporting from the popular surveymonkey.com service.
The bug is probably a problem with their exporter which is producing null characters.  
But it would be nice if gnumeric printed an error or something.
Comment 1 Andreas J. Guelzow 2011-04-21 14:51:31 UTC 
A  .csv file with null characters? If the file contains null character then it can't be a .csv file.

(But I agree that we should present some kind of warning if we stop the import early because of a null character.)
Comment 2 Andreas J. Guelzow 2011-04-21 23:53:27 UTC 
When stf_open_and_read reads the file, it marks the end of the buffer with a null. Later we consider any NULL we encounter as an end of buffer marker.
Comment 3 Andreas J. Guelzow 2011-04-22 03:05:30 UTC 
This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.
Comment 4 hankin 2011-04-22 08:04:22 UTC 
You guys are very fast!

Thanks!