`fields cannot be identical: ' ' and ' '` mongoimport error
i'm trying to import a csv into mongodb on my local machine. I used the following commmand from the shell:
mongoimport -d mydb -c things --type csv --file /Users/..../agentsFullOutput.csv --headerline
I get the following error:
Failed: fields cannot be identical: '' and ''
I can't find anything on what that means. What am I doing wrong? The csv file, by the way, is the result of a mongoexport.
here are the column headers and some data:
_id build_profile company_address company_name company_website created_at device _token downloaded_app email first_name last_name is_proapp modified_at mobile_phone terms_accepted_at license_number broker_id join_unique_url linkedin_profile_id billing_customer_id billing_zip mobile_phone office_phone vendors_count clients_count app_client
ObjectID(52ab245b763f4aec448b6763) 0 California Lateral test 2014-01-01T08:19:05.470Z test test test 2015-04-18T05:16:37.155Z (123) 123-1234 zip (123) 123-1234 10 5
ObjectID(52b46bfc763f4ad9198b45ab) 7928 test test 2014-01-01T08:19:05.470Z Jennifer Chase 2015-04-15T17:05:17.114Z 5551112 jennifer-chase test 7071 22 64
Answer
I had the exact same issue. I was opening up a CSV file in Excel to massage it and saving it back out again. While trying to import it into Mongo using "mongoimport" command I was getting the same error message that I had identical values. I checked the columns headings over and over to make sure there weren't any identical values.
I eventually tried re-saving the file from Excel using the "Windows Comma Separated (.csv)" option from the Format dropdown menu instead of the default "Comma Separated Values (.csv)" found in the "Common Format" section.
Worked perfectly.