Re: What am I doing wrong with this comma-delimited copy? - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: What am I doing wrong with this comma-delimited copy?
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Msg-id 13974.1175645880@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to What am I doing wrong with this comma-delimited copy?  (James Long <pgsql-novice@museum.rain.com>)
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James Long <pgsql-novice@museum.rain.com> writes:
> james=> \pset fieldsep ,
> Field separator is ",".
> james=> \copy transactions from bar

> psql appears to be treating the entire input line as one tuple,
> instead of seeing the fieldsep value as a field delimiter.

You're confusing psql's output field separator with what COPY will use.
IIRC you need a "delimiter ','" clause on the copy command.

> Also, one issue I can see coming is the date format.  Is there
> a way I can read M-D-Y (or M/D/Y) format dates and store them?

See datestyle.

            regards, tom lane

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