Thread: copy command verbose

To whom it may concern:

Does anyone know if it is possible to make the COPY command in postgres
verbose.  It would be very helpful if an error would generate when
something goes wrong with a COPY.   In the case of an extraneous comma
or quote, it would identify the offending record.  Thanks

Bob Powell

"Bob Powell" <Bob@hotchkiss.org> writes:
> Does anyone know if it is possible to make the COPY command in postgres
> verbose.

What PG version are you using?  Do you consider 7.4's reporting
inadequate, and if so what would you change?

regression=# create table foo(f1 text, f2 int);
CREATE TABLE
regression=# copy foo from stdin;
Enter data to be copied followed by a newline.
End with a backslash and a period on a line by itself.
>> 1    2
>> foo  bar
>> \.
ERROR:  invalid input syntax for integer: "bar"
CONTEXT:  COPY foo, line 2, column f2: "bar"
regression=#

            regards, tom lane