Re: Help needed in skipping column for copy command - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Russell Galyon
Subject Re: Help needed in skipping column for copy command
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Msg-id AANLkTim0RWjgo9MGmmhscW6k2N84=A10zKzQRLeEuSxj@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Help needed in skipping column for copy command  ("Amar Dhole" <adhole@tibco.com>)
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COPY  D_2147483927_2147484848_TAB
    (
        CP
        , CPR
        , CHOUSENO
        , CSTREET
        , CLOCALITY
        , CCITY
        , CPROVINCE
        , CCOUNTRY
        , CZIP
    )
FROM 'one.txt'
WITH DELIMITER ',' QUOTE '"' csv HEADER;



On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Amar Dhole <adhole@tibco.com> wrote:

I have table created as follows

 

 

CREATE TABLE D_2147483927_2147484848_TAB(

CP  VARCHAR(256) ,

CPR VARCHAR(256) ,

CHOUSENO VARCHAR(256) ,

CSTREET VARCHAR(256) ,

CLOCALITY VARCHAR(256) ,

CCITY VARCHAR(256) ,

CPROVINCE VARCHAR(256) ,

CCOUNTRY VARCHAR(256) ,

CZIP VARCHAR(256) ,

CCO VARCHAR(256) )

 

I am using copy command to copy the content of file into the table. (one.txt)

           

PR,PRO,HOUSENO,STREET,LOCALITY,CITY,PROVINCE,COUNTRY,ZIP,CON

,,A-24 Siddi vihar apt.,Near Krishna Chowk,New Sanghvi,Pune,MH,India,411027

 

 

In the above data, data for last column is missing.

 

 

copy D_2147483927_2147484848_TAB from 'D:/work/one.txt' with delimiter as ',' quote '"'  csv HEADER  ;

 

 

I get the following error as

 

ERROR:  missing data for column "ccontains"

CONTEXT:  COPY d_2147483927_2147484848_tab, line 2: "q,q,A-24 Siddi vihar apt.,

Near Krishna Chowk,New Sanghvi,Pune,MH,India,411027 "

 

Can any one please tell me how can I make copy command to ignore the data missing column ? as the data in file is unknown so it column name is which is missing is not known in advance.

 

Thanks

Amar

 


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