Re:

Laurenz Albe wrote:

> On Tue, 2019-07-02 at 13:09 +0530, Prakash Ramakrishnan wrote:
> > We are getting below error while during import the csv file please do the needful.
>
> I'd say the needful thing here is for you to read the documentation...
>
> > -bash-4.2$ more ckr_sto.csv
> > 4937880 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128790679 | | | |
> > 4939355 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128639345 | | | |
> > 4939744 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128684510 | | | |
> > 4939750 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128683100 | | | |
> > 4936360 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128567527 | | | |
> > 4940308 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128781329 | | | |
> > 4938006 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 4000128912554 | | | |
> > 4937457 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128426574 | | | |
> >
> > error
> > ----------
> > postgres=# \copy ckr_sto from /data/ckr_sto.csv CSV HEADER;
> > ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: " 4939355 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128639345 | | | | "
> > CONTEXT: COPY ckr_sto, line 2, column pod_id: " 4939355 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 500012863934..."
>
> >From the documentation of COPY:
>
> DELIMITER
>
> Specifies the character that separates columns within each row (line) of the file.
> The default is a tab character in text format, a comma in CSV format.
> This must be a single one-byte character. This option is not allowed when using binary format.
>
> Yours,
> Laurenz Albe
> --
> Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com

in other words, ckr_sto.csv is not a csv file.
it just has .csv at the end of its name.
that's why psql tried to interpret the entire
line as the first column: there were no commas.

its contents should look something like:

4937880,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,5000128790679,,,,
4939355,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,5000128639345,,,,
4939744,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,5000128684510,,,,
4939750,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,5000128683100,,,,
4936360,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,5000128567527,,,,
4940308,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,5000128781329,,,,
4938006,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,4000128912554,,,,
4937457,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,5000128426574,,,,