Re: Can COPY skip a header line?

Wouldn't it be easier to have PHP remove the first row?

And PHP has to be there because Apache is sending all the data to it.

Hope this helps,

On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 03:43:18PM +0000, Adam Witney wrote:
>
> Following on from my question yesterday... Can COPY then be made to skip a
> header line (the first line of the file say)?
>
> The problem is this... I need to allow a user to upload a data file through
> a web browser (PHP driven). This is then processed and the selected file
> columns mapped to fields in a database, and then the data file uploaded. I
> can do this fine with small files.... But if I get above a 1000 rows it
> takes so long it time out.
>
> I can upload a 10,000 row equivalent file using COPY from psql in 2 seconds,
> so the time is down to the PHP processing (really all it does is send itto
> pg_put_Line)
>
> I liked Toms idea to create a temporary table, but I need to be able to get
> rid of the header row then... Is there anyway of avoiding getting PHP
> involved in the file processing?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam
>
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