Thread: Is there a utility to load data?

Is there a postgresql utility to load data from a flat file?  Similar to
oracle sqlldr?

Pam,

I use the psql 'copy' function like this:

copy <tablename> from '<file name>' delimiters ',';

Best regards,
Chris

At 14:00 -0500 02/13/2002, Pam Wampler wrote:
>Is there a postgresql utility to load data from a flat file?  Similar to
>oracle sqlldr?
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pg_restore or copy. look in the documentation.

I import data from flat files usually this way:

psql dbname < file

The file contains a line before the data:

COPY "tablename" FROM stdin;
data....
\.

If your delimiter is something other than tab you must specify the
delimiter type this way:

COPY "tablename" FROM stdin USING DELIMITERS '|'; # this is using | as
the delimiter.
On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 14:00, Pam Wampler wrote:
> Is there a postgresql utility to load data from a flat file?  Similar to
> oracle sqlldr?
>
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