Too Many Columns error
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 4:10pm
 15 years
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I created a POI file (OVC Sports Venues) a year ago and it has worked fine on my Nuvi. In attempting to upgrade it, the system found an error, saying that it had "too many columns" in some entries. I removed blank lines and re-loaded the file. Now the system gives the same error and shows only one entry rather than the 15-20 that it should have.
Nevertheless, it continues to work well in my Nuvi. If anyone has experienced this problem please tell me if it is a real problem and how I can avoid it.
(I used Mac Text Edit originally, but copied it into Word today, where I found more carriage returns, which I removed.)
Thank You
I think it's the quotes
I think it's the quotes around E K U: Alumni Coliseum in the second entry. Have you tried eliminating them?
Denis - Bellingham, WA - nuvi 260W
Thanks
Thanks for your suggestion, but my method seems to follow the rules. I have more columns than are shown in the sample "Garmin CSV File Format" document. Maybe this works for the Garmin and not for TomTom.
This is not a POI that is in great demand, and unless I hear of trouble from users, I will let it be.
The one other POI that I wrote uses the same methods and seems to have worked well for many more users.
Garmin nuvi 260w, iPod, Hyundai Genesis, Macintosh