Basic CSV import help

I am trying really hard to fully migrate from Excel to Numbers but importing a simple CSV file into Numbers is such a struggle.
I have browsed many existing posts about this, all seeming to focus on the delimiting character. I am using the comma delimiter, but all 3 comma separated values in the CSV file end up in a single cell.
Am I missing something obvious? I dont want to have to use any scripting or fancy formulas. Either its easy or Numbers is not yet ready to replace Excel. I started with a 30 minute business requirement (if using Excel) but I am now 45 minutes in and havent really started the spreadsheet analysis yet.
I am only persisting because I have to bite the bullet at some stage. However, can it be done easily.
Cheers
eric

Hello
Which is the decimal separator used on your machine?
I'm quite sure that it is the comma.
If I am right you met a Numbers oddity.
You may drag and drop your CSV file onto TextEdit's icon to see how it is really built.
To be readable by Numbers, it must looks like:
12,,,"15,36"
15,11,,"31,25"
or
12,,,15.36
15,11,,31.25
You may also attach a sample file to a mail and send it to my mailbox:
koenig PERIOD yvan AT tele2 PERIOD fr
I would be able to look in its internals to check if you met the normal Numbers's behaviour.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE vendredi 28 décembre 2007 19:19:50)

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