On 3/7/22 16:48, scott macri wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 6:42 PM Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On 3/7/22 16:33, scott macri wrote:
>> No luck
> Bummer. Best to bottom post or in-line comment on this forum.
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>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 4:58 AM Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>
>> wrote:
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>> On 3/7/22 02:08, Sándor Daku wrote:
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>>> On Mon, 7 Mar 2022 at 09:34, Scott Macri
>>> <Scott(at)bitsnbytes(dot)io> wrote:
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>>> I'm trying to use the postgres copy command and getting,
>>> "extra data
>>> after last expected column".
>>>
>>> All items in the DB are currently set to varchar(255) to
>>> make it
>>> simple. I've checked for hidden characters in the file
>>> and don't see
>>>
> Simpler yet is to make the columns "text"
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>>> any. All the other files I've processed with this exact
>>> command worked
>>> perfectly. I've processed 10 other's so far. The only
>>> difference I
>>> notice is this one has significantly more columns.
>>>
>>> The number of columns in the DB (25) exactly match the
>>> number of
>>> columns in the csv (25), which exactly match the number
>>> of columns
>>> defined in my COPY command (25). I've read practically
>>> every post on
>>> the internet over the last two days containg this error
>>> and cannot
>>> resolve it. I am completely stumped at this point.
>>>
>>> It pukes after the 9th column every time no matter what
>>> I change.
>>>
>>> COPY
>>> option_details(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y)
>>> FROM '/home/dump/my_csv.csv' WITH (FORMAT CSV, DELIMITER
>>> '|', ENCODING
>>> 'UTF8');
>>>
> You've verified the encoding is UTF8?
>
>>> Row one data in file is below:
>>> item a | item b | item c | item d | item e | item f |
>>> item g | item h |
>>> item i | item j | item k | item l | item m | item n |
>>> item o | item p |
>>> item q | item r | item s | item t | item u | item v |
>>> item w | item x |
>>> item y
>>> --- Line two would normally start here but no reason to
>>> show since it's
>>> failing above. ---
>>>
>>> I get the following error:
>>> ERROR: extra data after last expected column
>>> CONTEXT: COPY option_details, line 1: "item a|item
>>> b|item c|item
>>> d|item e|item f|item g|item h|item i|..."
>>>
>>>
> Does line two generate the same error?
> Is there perhaps a funky line ending?
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> Yes it does.
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Can we see the live DDL of option_details table (i.e. from psql \d
option_details)?
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