Hi,

I have a csv importing system on my app (used locally only) which parses the csv file line by line and adds the data to the database table. This is based on a tutorial here.

require 'csv'

def csv_import 
  @parsed_file=CSV::Reader.parse(params[:dump][:file])
  n = 0
  @parsed_file.each_with_index  do |row, i|
    next if i == 0  #ignore the first row
    course = Course.new
    course.title = row[0]
    course.unit_code = row[1]
    course.course_type = row[2]
    course.value = row[3]
    course.pass_mark = row[4]
    if course.save
      n = n+1
      GC.start if n%50==0
    end
    flash.now[:message] = "CSV Import Successful, #{n} new courses added to the database."
  end
  redirect_to(courses_url) 
end

This is all in the courses controller and works fine. There is a relationship that courses HABTM years and years HABTM courses. In the csv file (effectively in row[5] to row[8]) are the year_id s. Is there a way that I can add this within the method above. I am confused as to how to loop over the 4 items and add them to the courses_years table.

Thank you Jack