create table from CSV should have some understanding of data types

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create table from CSV should have some understanding of data types #126

Open RogerTangos opened 8 years ago

RogerTangos commented 8 years ago

Currently, when a user creates a table from a CSV all columns are assumed to be strings, and set to type text. The import_table method should be smarter about this - possibly making use of some code from the refiner app.