Is there an alternative to the Node reference, and the Feeds modules? I am using Drupal 7, Reference Module (references-7.x-2.x-dev), and Feeds Module (feeds-7.x-2.x-dev).

I created 2 Content Types: Address Book, and City. The Address Book content type has a node reference to nodes of the City content type; the CSV file is imported to "City" content type with success using Feeds Module.

I am unable to import to a node reference using the Feeds module. With it, I created an importer, and mapped 2 fields for AddressBook content type:


Name:  Target is Title
City:  Target is NodeID


The CSV file looks like the following:


  Name,City
  COK,1230


Executing this import gives me unfavorable results, where the City field does not get populated.

Is there an alternative module that may be used or another method that may be recommended?

Please advise where further clarification is needed.
There is a patch in the works that adds Feeds support for Entity reference fields.

References will most likely be deprecated in favour of Entity Reference in the near future, so this is a good option once it gets finalized.