RE: Back Slash \ issue - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Guntry Vinod
Subject RE: Back Slash \ issue
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Msg-id f402601ecb4443ab85ef5f7fc0d4aade@HYDEXCHMBX003.TechMahindra.com
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In response to Re: Back Slash \ issue  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>)
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Re: Back Slash \ issue
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Hi Team,

We are using the below command

COPY <<TableName>> from 'C:\Data_Dump\ABC.txt' DELIMITER '|';  

Regards,
Vinod

-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> 
Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2019 8:58 PM
To: Guntry Vinod <GV00619735@TechMahindra.com>; ravikrishna@mail.com
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org; Venkatamurali Krishna Gottuparthi <VG00114307@TechMahindra.com>; Biswa Ranjan Dash
<BD00617837@TechMahindra.com>
Subject: Re: Back Slash \ issue

On 5/2/19 8:19 AM, Guntry Vinod wrote:
> Hi Adrian\Kiran,
> 
> Below is the issue.
> 
> We are migrating from Db2 to Postgre.
> 
> The Db2 dump consists of back Slash \ with in the data [dump] , but postgre is not escaping the Slash.
> 
> For example if name consist of Vinod\G after the inserting the dump the value in postgre is VinodG where as I need it
asVinod\G.
 
> 
> Since the dump is huge data I can't replace \  within the data to escape Slash.
> 
> We are using import utility provided by Postgre.

Are you talking about COPY or some other utility?

> 
> Can you please give me any solution in this regard?.

In order for a solution to be found we will need more explicit information on what you are doing.

> 
> @kiran-let me also try solution you provided in the below mail.
> 
> Regards,
> Vinod
> _______________________________________
> From: Adrian Klaver [adrian.klaver@aklaver.com]
> Sent: 02 May 2019 20:04
> To: ravikrishna@mail.com; Guntry Vinod
> Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org; Venkatamurali Krishna Gottuparthi; 
> Biswa Ranjan Dash
> Subject: Re: Back Slash \ issue
> 
> On 5/2/19 7:30 AM, ravikrishna@mail.com wrote:
>>   > We have dump from DB2 and trying to upload it Postgre.
>> DB2 export command has an option to export it as CSV which quotes 
>> data so that any embedded lines or special characters inside the data 
>> is treated fine.  Does the csv format has quotes enclosing it ?
> 
> Please show the command you use to import into Postgres.
> Also the error message you get.
> 
> 
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