Wells Oliver <wellsoliver@gmail.com> writes:
> I have CSV files blowing up because they have double quotes around numeric
> values: " 1.34" yields ERROR: invalid input syntax for type numeric: "
> 1.34"
Is that an exact copy of the error message? Because there are double
quotes in that error message's text; what you are showing does not
suggest that they are part of the data value. I'm wondering about
non-visible characters myself.
> And occasionally these are empty, and you see invalid syntax for type
> numeric: " "
Well, that you're going to have to do something else about. Possibly
you could treat the empty string as null? (See the 'null string'
option to COPY.)
regards, tom lane
