I'm trying to use the postgres copy command and getting, "extra data after last expected column".
All items in the DB are currently set to varchar(255) to make it simple. I've checked for hidden characters in the file and don't see any. All the other files I've processed with this exact command worked perfectly. I've processed 10 other's so far. The only difference I notice is this one has significantly more columns.
The number of columns in the DB (25) exactly match the number of columns in the csv (25), which exactly match the number of columns defined in my COPY command (25). I've read practically every post on the internet over the last two days containg this error and cannot resolve it. I am completely stumped at this point.
It pukes after the 9th column every time no matter what I change.
COPY option_details(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y) FROM '/home/dump/my_csv.csv' WITH (FORMAT CSV, DELIMITER '|', ENCODING 'UTF8');
Row one data in file is below: item a | item b | item c | item d | item e | item f | item g | item h | item i | item j | item k | item l | item m | item n | item o | item p | item q | item r | item s | item t | item u | item v | item w | item x | item y --- Line two would normally start here but no reason to show since it's failing above. ---
I get the following error: ERROR: extra data after last expected column CONTEXT: COPY option_details, line 1: "item a|item b|item c|item d|item e|item f|item g|item h|item i|..."
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.
-- Hacktorious
Hi,
I pretty sure it doesn't fail after the 9th column, just the context hint of the error message is cropped after that.
My guess is a sneaky '|' somewhere inside one of your field.
