import variant help please

I cannot get an import of variants to work...

I created a test product, then a Characteristic with a couple of variants, and assigned this to the product.

After saving all this, I did an export and attempted to add several additional variants following what the export showed.

When I imported this, here is what showed....

Hello,

I fixed some parts of your CSV, but make sure that you realy have the white and gold values into your finish caracteristc.

I tried your corrected file, and got the same result

I insured that white and gold were in the characteristic

1.5.8 Business

lines 1121-1129...

}elseif(isset($product->$type)){
$ids[] = (int)$product->product_id;
foreach($product->$type as $k => $id){
if(!empty($id)){
$id = $this->_getRelated($id);
$product->{$type}[$k] = $id;
$value = array((int)$id,$this->db->Quote($type),$product->product_id);
$values[] = implode(',',$value);
$totalValid++;

yes, that seems to have solved it...

however I wonder, as we have updated regularly, while this file was not updated, even in our live store which is also using 1.5.8?

can 1.5.9 now be safely installed?

Jumping in here, but from the above it looks like you have to create a variants characteristics in Hikashop before you can import your products - Is my understanding correct?