Re: import CSV file

T E Schmitz wrote:
> Rodrigo De León wrote:
>
>> On 3/13/07, T E Schmitz <mailreg(at)numerixtechnology(dot)de> wrote:
>>
>>> This is pretty ingenious!
>>> Just a few minor problems:
>>> - how does COPY know which column is which?
>>> - how do I specify DELIMITER as TAB?
>>
>>
>>
>> See:
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-copy.html
>
>
> Thank you for the links. I had read of the manual entry for the COPY
> command and I know that I need something like
>
> psql -h lolek -U tes -d stockmarket -c "copy history from STDIN
> DELIMITER AS TAB CSV" < /tmp/FTSE.csv
>
> My problem is how to specify the tab character on the command line

"copy history from STDIN DELIMITER AS '\t' CSV"
is the answer

>>> Also, it's nopt happy about the date format : 2007/02/09

The correct delimiter solved my date problem, too.

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Regards,

Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz