Hi there. My first post to this list. Hopefully, as time goes by, I will be able to answer more questions than I ask.
I'm trying to import a very large CSV file of npi data into psql 9.3.2 using the COPY command. The data in the CSV file is surrounded by quotes. Although there is a header, the data looks like this: "1679576722","1","","","","WIEBE", etc.
Here is my psql command:
COPY data FROM '/Developer/data_20140608.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER;
and here is the error I get:
ERROR: invalid input syntax for type numeric: ""
CONTEXT: COPY npi_data, line 2, column replacement_npi: ""
psql seems to be choking on the empty fields that are quoted. Any suggestions as to how I get around this? I've tried including the QUOTES statement but it made no difference.
Thanks,
Kevin
