diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index 2638515d8..aaf728848 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  - fixed: Invitation EMails Escape Characters
  - fixed: EMS Formatting (Badge Page)
  - fixed: Thingy fields list on view screen tab
+ - fixed: Importing data into Thingy that has newlines embedded in fields
 
 7.5.18
  - fixed: Collateral Image Manager broken in Firefox 3
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Thingy.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Thingy.pm
index 9f93aa0a9..cf374e388 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Thingy.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Thingy.pm
@@ -2054,16 +2054,15 @@ sub www_import {
         my $lineNumber = 0;
         my @data = ();
         
-        while (my $line = <$importFile>) {
+        while ( my $row = WebGUI::Text::readCSV($importFile) ) {
             if ($lineNumber == 0 && $session->form->process('ignoreFirstLine')){
                 $lineNumber++;
                 $error->info("Skipping first line");
                 next;
             }
-            $error->info("Reading line $lineNumber: $line");            
+            $error->info("Reading line $lineNumber: @{ $row }");            
             $lineNumber++;
-            chomp($line);
-            @data = WebGUI::Text::splitCSV($line);
+            @data = @{ $row };
             
             # check for duplicates
             my $fieldNumber = 0;
@@ -2086,7 +2085,7 @@ sub www_import {
                 $query .= " limit 1";
                 ($foundDuplicateId) = $session->db->quickArray($query);
                 if ($foundDuplicateId){
-                    $error->info("found duplicate record: ".$foundDuplicateId." for data: ".$line);
+                    $error->info("found duplicate record: ".$foundDuplicateId." for data: ". @{ $row });
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Text.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Text.pm
index 4569de3e7..158fd9b7c 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Text.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Text.pm
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ use Text::CSV_XS;
 use base 'Exporter';
 
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
-	joinCSV splitCSV
+	joinCSV readCSV splitCSV
 	
 	);
 
 our %EXPORT_TAGS = (
-	"csv"	=> [qw( joinCSV splitCSV )],
+	"csv"	=> [qw( joinCSV readCSV splitCSV )],
 	
 	);
 
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ WebGUI::Text - Routines for manipulating text.
  use WebGUI::Text qw(:csv);
  my $string	= joinCSV(@array);
  my @array	= splitCSV($string);
+ 
+ while(my $row = readCSV($fileHandle) {
+     my @fields = @{ $row };
+     doSomethingWith(@fields);
+ }
 
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -79,6 +84,20 @@ sub joinCSV {
 
 
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 readCSV ( $fileHandle )
+
+Reads a record from the passed filehandle and returns an arrayref of the columns read.
+
+=cut
+
+sub readCSV {
+    my $fileHandle = shift;
+    my $row = $csv->getline($fileHandle);
+    return $row;
+}
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 =head2 splitCSV ( $string )
@@ -105,12 +124,11 @@ sub splitCSV {
 
 =item *
 
-splitCSV doesn't properly handle quoted fields with no text inside (...,"",...)
+None known.
 
 =back
 
 
-
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 =over 4
@@ -119,6 +137,10 @@ splitCSV doesn't properly handle quoted fields with no text inside (...,"",...)
 
 RFC 4180 (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180)
 
+=item *
+
+L<Text::CSV_XS>
+
 =back
 
 =cut