Re: CSV file - Using COPY Command - Double-Quotes - Mailing list pgsql-novice

Walter wrote:
> I have a problem using the copy command on a CSV file.
>
> All of the values within the CSV are surrounded with quotation marks. So
> a null value for a field looks like ""

It should be ,, for NULL.

> I am trying to import the file and no matter what I do, it hits a null
> date field and says
>
> invalid input syntax for type date : ""

Have you tried WITH NULL AS ''?

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