CSV/VCARD download and heads of household issue
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 12:55 pm
Hello,
I have noticed a problem in the VCARD and CSV downloads of the Membership Directory.
If a family has one adult and 2 children, the (human readable) Membership directory on the web indents the children so you see:
Adult Name
(space)(space)Child Name 1
(space)(space)Child Name 2
But in the CSV file, the names are put right next to each other, and the first 3 colums are filled in with the Adult Name, Child Name 1,Child Name 2
You can't tell if it is a family with 1 adult and 2 children, or one with 2 adults and 1 child.
The VCARD also has this problem in the NOTE field. It will say:
NOTE;QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Household members:=0D=0A=
Adult Name=0D=0A=
Child Name 1=0D=0A=
Child Name 2
(I realize the "N" field of the VCARD does list just the adult name, if there is only one adult, but the NOTE is a little ambiguous)
It would be nice if the CSV and VCARD files were a little clearer. Maybe:
1) The CSV could skip the 2nd name field if there is second adult, so you would have:
"Adult Name","","Child Name 1","Child Name 2"
2) the VCARD could put a blank line between the adults and children in the NOTE field, thusly
NOTE;QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Household members:=0D=0A=
Adult Name=0D=0A=
=0D=0A=
Child Name 1=0D=0A=
Child Name 2
Thanks,
Steven
I have noticed a problem in the VCARD and CSV downloads of the Membership Directory.
If a family has one adult and 2 children, the (human readable) Membership directory on the web indents the children so you see:
Adult Name
(space)(space)Child Name 1
(space)(space)Child Name 2
But in the CSV file, the names are put right next to each other, and the first 3 colums are filled in with the Adult Name, Child Name 1,Child Name 2
You can't tell if it is a family with 1 adult and 2 children, or one with 2 adults and 1 child.
The VCARD also has this problem in the NOTE field. It will say:
NOTE;QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Household members:=0D=0A=
Adult Name=0D=0A=
Child Name 1=0D=0A=
Child Name 2
(I realize the "N" field of the VCARD does list just the adult name, if there is only one adult, but the NOTE is a little ambiguous)
It would be nice if the CSV and VCARD files were a little clearer. Maybe:
1) The CSV could skip the 2nd name field if there is second adult, so you would have:
"Adult Name","","Child Name 1","Child Name 2"
2) the VCARD could put a blank line between the adults and children in the NOTE field, thusly
NOTE;QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Household members:=0D=0A=
Adult Name=0D=0A=
=0D=0A=
Child Name 1=0D=0A=
Child Name 2
Thanks,
Steven