Re: COPY FROM and multiple null strings

Angva wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've run into a little snag in my data loads, and I come seeking
> advice before I resort to an ugly workaround...
>
> I have a function which runs COPY FROM several times. My problem is
> that my data provider uses symbols to represent nulls - there is a
> different symbol for each different data type. For instance a null
> date would be '1900-01-01' and a null string would be '#'. Is there
> any way to define multiple null strings in the COPY FROM command?
>
> As always, any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Man... that sounds like eating elementary school spinach... you remember
the kind that slithered down your throat?

There are two immediate ways I can think of to handle this.

1. Write a parser in <insert favorite language) and clean the file
before insertion

2. copy everything into text columns and clean from there.

Joshua D. Drake

>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
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