Hi,
On 1 January 2012 14:01, avalon78 geek
<avalon78.gr@gmail.com> wrote:
hi guys,
i am new to pgsql and i am facing a strange problem which i cannot solve.i want to import data from a txt file to the table cust
the table is
CREATE TABLE cust
(
custid integer NOT NULL,
custOccupation varchar(30) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(custid)
}
and the txt file contains
13;developer
22;sales manager
etc
i issue the following sql command
COPY cust
FROM 'C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.1\customers.txt'
WITH DELIMITER ';' ;
and i get an error
ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "13"
SQL state: 22P02
i would appreciate if you could help me
best regards and a happy new year!:)
I have no experience using text mode but have you tried CSV Mode?
e.g.
COPY cust
FROM 'C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.1\
customers.txt'
WITH DELIMITER ';' CSV ;
HTH, happy new year.
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