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Feature request · Data export & migration · Blocks work

Import a very large CSV file from the browser

2 source threads · first seen 2021-05 · last seen 2023-06

Summary

A user with a 2M-line CSV wants to import it into a table through the browser, ideally auto-creating the table from the header row and supporting custom separators.

Workaround
Transform the data before uploading

Evidence

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“said files are pretty big, 25, 40 and even 80MB. There is a 5MB limit to import them”

“My data is in a huge csv file (2M lines). I would like to import it into a table”

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