Re: generate CSV with Copy+Quotes - Postgres 9.2 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Melvin Davidson
Subject Re: generate CSV with Copy+Quotes - Postgres 9.2
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Msg-id CANu8FiyeG2qSm+zQxGawmQOV1T+9C9AvS=1z+b7Vj7rH8k+O4g@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: generate CSV with Copy+Quotes - Postgres 9.2  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>)
Responses Re: generate CSV with Copy+Quotes - Postgres 9.2  (Patrick B <patrickbakerbr@gmail.com>)
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On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:33 AM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> wrote:
On 09/21/2016 02:23 AM, Patrick B wrote:
Hi guys,

I'm exporting some data for testing purpose.

    COPY (SELECT
            name_first
            name_last,
            email,
            company
    FROM
            clients
    )
    TO '/var/lib/pgsql/test1.csv' DELIMITER ',' csv HEADER QUOTE '"';



 cat /var/lib/pgsql/test1.csv

    "","",hiddenemail@hotmail.com
    <mailto:hiddenemail@hotmail.com>,"",John Wayne


In your COPY you have fields and in the CSV file you have five.
Are you looking at the correct file?


See how the email and the company aren't into two "?

Have no idea what you are trying to say.

hiddenemail@hotmail.com looks like a correct email to me.

Maybe if you show what the data is in the table?


*What I need is:*

    "","","hiddenemail@hotmail.com
    <mailto:hiddenemail@hotmail.com>","","John Wayne"


I thought that by putting QUOTE the COPY would do that?

Is there any way I can put the " into those fields?

Cheers

Patrick



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Perhaps you mean you want to quote of all strings? For that you use FORCE QUOTE.
eg:
    COPY (SELECT
            name_first
            name_last,
            email,
            company
    FROM
            clients
    )
    TO '/var/lib/pgsql/test1.csv' DELIMITER ','
     csv HEADER QUOTE '"';
     FORCE QUOTE name_first, name_last, email, company;

Please RTFM
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