CatoBase problems with Historical Leagues

DamnYankees · 07-05-2004, 05:34 PM

When I use CatoBase in my historical league (just FYI, Ted Williams retired after hitting .400 in his last seaseon and with 875 career HR. Just felt like sharing that.) I get a certain error message about every other year when I try to import stats. The message is:

There is a problem importing around line X in the feil \players.csv.

The most likely cause is an invalid character in the Nickname of HomeState fields.

Open this file in Notepad and uncheck the Word Wrap (under Edit).
Examine the above line and surrounding line for any unusual characters and import again.

Now, this seems self-explanatory, but I have no idea how to fix it. So, what types of invalid character am I looking for? WHy does it sometimes work and sometimes not, even when the player who had the initial flaw is still in the league? Bottom line, how do I fix it. I hate being unable to import a season and have a gap in my guys careers.

BadluckinOOTP · 07-05-2004, 06:26 PM

It happened to me to.. I went through all the players and deleted the players whose nicknames are too long and look like this Ted "The Splendid Splinrr**" Williams or something like that. I'm not very good at explaining things

Carlton · 07-06-2004, 04:20 PM

take out the other characters in the player.csv file up until the right " then run Cato again, should work

Bobbuttons · 07-06-2004, 10:54 PM

I am pretty sure in one of ankit's databases he left out the nicknames. That should work. As it is, I have a historical league going and I have inputted the first 5 seasons into CatoBase with no problems with the ankit DB that I am using.

jcato · 07-07-2004, 03:34 PM

A better way to do it is to find the offending player in the file, then go back to OOTP and edit his nickname in the game. That way, you won't have to repeat this every year until the player retires.

MikeyMikey · 07-09-2004, 10:59 AM

I'm having a similar problem. It's not a historical league though. I get the same error, and when I open the .csv in excel, or notepad, it gives me all kinds of non character text. I'm no expert but it somehow seems to be having problems exporting. All the other .csv files look perfectly fine.

It would be hard to identify the problem though as there's nothing in the csv that would clue me in to which player the problem was coming from

Either way, thanks for the cool program. It's really appreciated.

Eckstein 4 Prez · 07-09-2004, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcato

A better way to do it is to find the offending player in the file, then go back to OOTP and edit his nickname in the game. That way, you won't have to repeat this every year until the player retires.

Yeah. Also, doesn't it bug you guys when you play out a game and the text reads something like:

The Sultan of Sw&%@ swings...

jcato · 07-09-2004, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeyMikey

I'm having a similar problem. It's not a historical league though. I get the same error, and when I open the .csv in excel, or notepad, it gives me all kinds of non character text. I'm no expert but it somehow seems to be having problems exporting. All the other .csv files look perfectly fine.

It would be hard to identify the problem though as there's nothing in the csv that would clue me in to which player the problem was coming from

Either way, thanks for the cool program. It's really appreciated.

My guess here would be that the OOTP Version is wrong on the Options screen. Make sure it's set to whatever version of OOTP was used.

MikeyMikey · 07-09-2004, 05:00 PM

Ok, thank you I'll try that.

07-05-2004, 05:34 PM	#1
DamnYankees All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,644	CatoBase problems with Historical Leagues When I use CatoBase in my historical league (just FYI, Ted Williams retired after hitting .400 in his last seaseon and with 875 career HR. Just felt like sharing that.) I get a certain error message about every other year when I try to import stats. The message is: There is a problem importing around line X in the feil \players.csv. The most likely cause is an invalid character in the Nickname of HomeState fields. Open this file in Notepad and uncheck the Word Wrap (under Edit). Examine the above line and surrounding line for any unusual characters and import again. Now, this seems self-explanatory, but I have no idea how to fix it. So, what types of invalid character am I looking for? WHy does it sometimes work and sometimes not, even when the player who had the initial flaw is still in the league? Bottom line, how do I fix it. I hate being unable to import a season and have a gap in my guys careers.

07-05-2004, 06:26 PM	#2
BadluckinOOTP All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: OKC Posts: 1,534	It happened to me to.. I went through all the players and deleted the players whose nicknames are too long and look like this Ted "The Splendid Splinrr**" Williams or something like that. I'm not very good at explaining things __________________

07-06-2004, 04:20 PM	#3
Carlton Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,765	take out the other characters in the player.csv file up until the right " then run Cato again, should work __________________ "I am at that stage of my life where I keep myself out of arguments. I am 100% self sufficient spiritually, emotionally & financially. Even if you say 1+1=5, you are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. Enjoy!"

07-06-2004, 10:54 PM	#4
Bobbuttons Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Picturesque Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio Posts: 3,708	I am pretty sure in one of ankit's databases he left out the nicknames. That should work. As it is, I have a historical league going and I have inputted the first 5 seasons into CatoBase with no problems with the ankit DB that I am using. __________________ Frankenstein never scared me. Marsupials do....cause they're fast! Gibson swings, and a fly ball to deep right field! This is gonna be a home run! Unbelievable! A home run for Gibson! And the Dodgers have won the game, 5 to 4; I don't believe what I just saw! I don't believe what I just saw!

07-07-2004, 03:34 PM	#5
jcato Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 200	A better way to do it is to find the offending player in the file, then go back to OOTP and edit his nickname in the game. That way, you won't have to repeat this every year until the player retires.

07-09-2004, 10:59 AM	#6
MikeyMikey Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 39	I'm having a similar problem. It's not a historical league though. I get the same error, and when I open the .csv in excel, or notepad, it gives me all kinds of non character text. I'm no expert but it somehow seems to be having problems exporting. All the other .csv files look perfectly fine. It would be hard to identify the problem though as there's nothing in the csv that would clue me in to which player the problem was coming from Either way, thanks for the cool program. It's really appreciated.

07-09-2004, 05:00 PM	#9
MikeyMikey Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 39	Ok, thank you I'll try that.