Re: CSV import

Oliver Vecernik schrieb:

> Hi again!
>
> After investigating a little bit further my CSV import couldn't work
> because of following reasons:
>
> 1. CSV files are delimited with CR/LF
> 2. text fields are surrounded by double quotes
>
> Is there a direct way to import such files into PostgreSQL?

The answer seems to be no. But after googeling a bit a found a wonderful
Python module called csv at:

http://www.object-craft.com.au/projects/csv/

A minimal script called 'csv2tab.py' for conversion to a tab delimited
file could be:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import csv
import sys

def convert(file):
try:
f = open(file, 'r')
lines = f.readlines()
p = csv.parser()
for line in lines:
print '\t'.join(p.parse(line))
except:
print 'Error opening file!'

if __name__ == '__main__':
convert(sys.argv[1]);

Regards,
Oliver

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