# CSV Import Errors

**URL:** <https://the.fmsoup.org/t/csv-import-errors/4312>\
**Category:** Lounge (Discussions)\
**Tags:** import, csv\
**Created:** [September 24, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/csv-import-errors/4312 "2024-09-24T11:14:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![steverichter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/steverichter/32/1022_2.png) [@steverichter](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/steverichter)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/csv-import-errors/4312/1 "2024-09-24T11:14:30Z")

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I scripted a recurring csv text file import that has worked fine for a few years. The data elements are wrapped in quotes. Yesterday, I discovered one of the imports failed to import all the data lines. This was because one of the data elements included an extra pair of quotes. When I looked at the import script step, I discovered the delimiter was sent to “tab” instead of “comma”. I’m surprised the import worked at all, since the csv delimiter was not a tab.

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**Author:** ![bdbd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/bdbd/32/620_2.png) [@bdbd](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/bdbd)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/csv-import-errors/4312/2 "2024-09-24T12:11:42Z")

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Your script step is likely still okay. Print the script and look at the import script step again. I found that FileMaker switches the import file type now and again when you inspect the script step and the file is not available or no longer as programmed.