On 3/29/23 16:24, Ron wrote:
> Postgresql 13.10
>
> $ psql -h myhost.example.com -X dba \
> -c "\copy ${tbl} from '/var/lib/pgsql/Rdb/${tbl}.csv' WITH
> DELIMITER '|';"
> ERROR: date/time field value out of range: "2013061914122501"
> CONTEXT: COPY t_id_master, line 1, column update_timestamp:
> "2013061914122501"
>
> The timestamp format generated by a legacy dbms is YYYYMMDDHHmmSSCC
> (year to centisecond, with no delimiters).
>
> Is there any way to convince Postgresql to import these fields?
One option:
1) Import into staging table as varchar field.
2) Use to_timestamp()(NOTE change in template pattern) from here:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-formatting.html
select to_timestamp('2013061914122501', 'YYYYMMDDHH24miSSCC');
to_timestamp
-------------------------
06/19/2013 14:12:25 PDT
to move the data into final table.
>
> There are 550+ tables, so something that I can do once on this end would
> make my life a lot easier.
>
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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
