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clt_cabq
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I am trying to open a CSV with 93 records and 11 columns but am getting this error.. any ideas what could be causing this?

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clt_cabq
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Update: situation resolved - this article points to some changes at v3.2 that change how Pro handles tabular/text file data and points to settings that should be changed via the Options page. Took me a couple of tries, and the fix finally took when I removed the .csv file from my project and then added it back in again, which is a little bizarre but ArcGIS be like that sometimes.

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Ed_
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May be try converting the CSV to an Excel Worksheet, check the column(s) datatype and then use the tool 'Table to Excel'. 

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RobertBorchert
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it means you have an integer field that is way to long.  

Create a table and use the .csv to fill in the attribute names.  Change the integer field to a string with a length of 255.  Make sure none of the  field has a length of 8000.  All need to be 255 or less

then load it using Load Data

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clt_cabq
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@RobertBorchert that isn't the case here, which is about what I had thought it was initially but some other research pointed to this article and information about some settings (as described in my response to @Ed_ ) . Situation is resolved now, but thanks for your suggestion!

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clt_cabq
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Update: situation resolved - this article points to some changes at v3.2 that change how Pro handles tabular/text file data and points to settings that should be changed via the Options page. Took me a couple of tries, and the fix finally took when I removed the .csv file from my project and then added it back in again, which is a little bizarre but ArcGIS be like that sometimes.

Ed_
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As a side note, when I work with CSVs I usually bring it in as a Geodatabase table using the Table to Geodatabase tool I usually avoid bringing in CSVs as is using Add Data

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RobertBorchert
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good info I will have to check my settings.  Have not imported a csv since I upgraded

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