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From Mike Christensen
Subject Re: What text format is this and can I import it into Postgres?
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In response to Re: What text format is this and can I import it into Postgres?  (Bosco Rama <postgres@boscorama.com>)
Responses Re: What text format is this and can I import it into Postgres?  (Mike Christensen <mike@kitchenpc.com>)
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On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Bosco Rama <postgres@boscorama.com> wrote:
> On 08/22/12 17:23, Mike Christensen wrote:
>> I'd like to import this data into a Postgres database:
>>
>> http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/12354500/Data/SR24/dnload/sr24.zip
>>
>> However, I'm not quite sure what format this is.  It's definitely not
>> CSV.  Here's an example of a few rows:
>>
>> ~01001~^~0100~^~Butter, salted~^~BUTTER,WITH
>> SALT~^~~^~~^~Y~^~~^0^~~^6.38^4.27^8.79^3.87
>
> <http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/12354500/Data/SR24/sr24_doc.pdf>
>
> Section "Relation Files" (Logical page 25)

Okay so is there a way to import "Relational Files" into Postgres?

The alternative would be to download the Excel version, then Save as
CSV, and import into Postgres via the COPY command.

Mike

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