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# jm3

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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Import Formats](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-formats/)
 *  Thread Starter [jm3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jm3/)
 * (@jm3)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-formats/#post-124256)
 * i just wrote a script to generate the SQL for bulk loading all the entries and
   category data, and set up the post-category associations in post2cat. it was 
   easier for me than the import-mt script, (which failed for me on even the simple
   test case from mt’s documentation of their import format.) dunno.
 *   Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
   
   In reply to: [What is the post_password column for?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-the-post_password-column-for/)
 *  [jm3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jm3/)
 * (@jm3)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-the-post_password-column-for/#post-72040)
 * If the post_password is optional, why is it a NOT NULL field?
 * mysql> insert into blog_posts values( … );
    ERROR 1048: Column ‘post_password’
   cannot be null
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Import Formats](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-formats/)
 *  Thread Starter [jm3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jm3/)
 * (@jm3)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-formats/#post-124152)
 * I’m kind of impatient to get started; is there any reason why i shouldn’t just
   bulk load the entries directly into the database?
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Import Formats](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-formats/)
 *  Thread Starter [jm3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jm3/)
 * (@jm3)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-formats/#post-124134)
 * Ah, I should have noted that: I’m running WordPress 1.2.2 “Mingusâ€?, downloaded
   January 1, 6:55 AM. (the readme.html says Version 1.2 but I assume that’s out
   of date).
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Import Formats](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-formats/)
 *  Thread Starter [jm3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jm3/)
 * (@jm3)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-formats/#post-124130)
 * That’s the format i tried but wordpress isn’t importing posts in that format,
   at least, not for me. I used the super-simple example from the MTImport documentation
   page, you can see the test file here: [http://jm3.net/blog/wp-admin/test-data.txt](http://jm3.net/blog/wp-admin/test-data.txt).(
   i changed the author name to me; that’s it.)
 * But when I point import-mt.php to the test file and import it, import-mt *says*
   it imported the posts but they don’t show up in the admin console or on [http://jm3.net/blog/](http://jm3.net/blog/)
 * Am I missing a step where i have to approve the posts or something?

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