On 4/24/20 9:12 AM, Steve Clark wrote:
> On 04/24/2020 11:59 AM, Steve Crawford wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 8:55 AM Steve Clark <steve.clark@netwolves.com
>> <mailto:steve.clark@netwolves.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am using psql to copy data extracted from an InfluxDB in csv
>> format into postgresql.
>> I have a key field on the time field which I have defined as a
>> bigint since the time I get
>> from InfluxDB is an epoch time.
>>
>> My question is does psql abort the copy if it hits a duplicate
>> key, or does it keep processing?
>>
>>
>> The copy will fail. You could import into a temporary table and
>> preprocess then copy to your permanent table or use an ETL solution to
>> remove unwanted data before importing. I don't know the nature of your
>> data or project but perhaps that column isn't suitable for a key.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve
> I am attempting to periodically pull time series data from an InfluxDB.
> The column at issue is the timestamp. I have a script that pulls the
> last 15 minutes of data from the InfluxDB
> as csv data and pipe it into a psql -c "\copy...." command. I was
> looking for the simplest way to do this.
Then as suggested above pull into staging table that has no constraints
e.g. PK. Verify data and then push into permanent table.
>
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