Re: Error in using copy command - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Michael Wood
Subject Re: Error in using copy command
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Msg-id BANLkTi=LQAb_W860_O3XtgBjOrqTv2EAqg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Error in using copy command  (Sindile Bidla <sindile.bidla@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Error in using copy command  (Michael Wood <esiotrot@gmail.com>)
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On 11 May 2011 14:09, Sindile Bidla <sindile.bidla@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I get the following error on running COPY - array value must start with "{"
> or dimension information CONTEXT: copy tablename, line 1, column field1:
> ""1"".
> the structure of the csv file is: "1","1","BLOEMSMOND SETTLEMENT
> AGRICULTURAL HOLDING","00000","","","T618/1943","6.3870 H","NORTHERN
> CAPE","","*"
> my copy command looks is: COPY tablename FROM myfile DELIMITER ',';

Try:

COPY tablename FROM 'myfile'
DELIMITER ','
CSV QUOTE '"' ESCAPE '\';

(ESCAPE might be wrong depending on what your CSV looks like if one of
the fields contains a " character.)

--
Michael Wood <esiotrot@gmail.com>

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