GeoDirectory SupportValue of setting post id when importing? – GeoDirectory Support https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/feed Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:11:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.5.14-6684 en-US https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/#post-41502 <![CDATA[Value of setting post id when importing?]]> https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/#post-41502 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 03:57:49 +0000 Josh Elledge just thinking… Gonna be doing my big import soon – and was thinking that if I ever wanted to mass update a bunch of records, I’d better assign s post id in the csv I’m importing – otherwise there’d be no way to update records via import. Does this sound right?

]]> https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/#post-41516 <![CDATA[Reply To: Value of setting post id when importing?]]> https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/#post-41516 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 10:18:06 +0000 Simone Hi Josh, the post id is automatically assigned (incrementally) when importing and there’s no risk it could overwrite previously imported posts, is this your concern?

]]> https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/#post-41524 <![CDATA[Reply To: Value of setting post id when importing?]]> https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/#post-41524 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 11:32:07 +0000 Guust I doubt you can update records by import, I think you will create duplicates instead.

]]> https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/#post-41525 <![CDATA[Reply To: Value of setting post id when importing?]]> https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/#post-41525 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 11:37:13 +0000 Simone oh gosh I read “upload” and not “update” and I was thinking Josh was talking about uploading a big list in multiple .csv *facepalm*

Yes as Guust pointed out, you need a post_id in order to update a listing

]]> https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/#post-41546 <![CDATA[Reply To: Value of setting post id when importing?]]> https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/#post-41546 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 14:10:32 +0000 Josh Elledge Updating via import works well when assigning post_id and checking the update box. Just did some testing on that. Thanks!

Kinda a dumb question – but just checking before I start the import – and don’t want to create long-term problems if it matters: Can I just come up with any number for post_id as long as its not taken? i.e. It doesn’t have to be sequential?

Thanks so much!

]]> https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/#post-41549 <![CDATA[Reply To: Value of setting post id when importing?]]> https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/#post-41549 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 14:35:38 +0000 Simone Yes, as long as they are unique

]]> https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/#post-41585 <![CDATA[Reply To: Value of setting post id when importing?]]> https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/value-of-setting-post-id-when-importing/#post-41585 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 21:20:45 +0000 Paolo Hi,

under no circumstances you should add ids when importing new listings.

They will be added automatically by the database and you shouldn’t be messing with it’s internal counting, you could be assigning an ID used by an option or a comment without knwowing and potentially crash your website.

To have the file to edit with IDs, that you can re-import and update the listings, you can export it.

It will come with the automatically assigned IDs already.

Thanks

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