Add "with null as ''" to your COPY statement.
Alternatively, edit the file to replace those empty
strings with some other NULL representation (COPY
expects "\N" by default; otherwise the syntax above is
required), or else insert dummy dates into your file.
--- dhoubrechts <dhoubrechts@cybernet.be> wrote:
> I'm trying to copy data from an ascii file to a
> postgres table using :
> copy table using 'Home/tetrao/tetrao.txt' using
> delimiters ';';
> My question is : How do i enter valide dates form
> that file when the
> column is empty (;;)? Postgres want some valide date
> and don't want ''
>
> Please help !
>
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