Does glide table import overwrite existing data

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Hi,

I want to import data (for all tables) to my latest app version. What I want to achieve is to completelly replace all existing data in all tables by new data.

Is glide data import intended to work in this way or I need to do it some other way

Thanks

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New data that you import will be appended. So if you want to replace existing data you should delete first.

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Is there a single button to delete all data from all tables?

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Not all tables at once, no. But you can empty a single table quickly:

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I started emptying tables. Then I went to import my previously exported file (xls) that contains all tables from other app.

Now how to import that file into new app? It seems that there is no option other than to delete all tables and then to import of the entire file?

Both apps are Glide Tables

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What I do is import table by table (into existing tables) as separate CSV or ODS files.

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Ideally, we would need to have options:

  1. Delete all data from all tables
  2. Import file into existing app tables
  3. Have some log file/information

It is pretty inconvenient how import into Glide tables is one.

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I don’t disagree with you. It could be much better, especially considering it’s the only practical option that we have for moving data from one version of an App to another :man_shrugging:

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