Re: Error Importing CSV File

On 07/15/2011 09:03 AM, Bryan Nelson wrote:
> I am having problems importing a CSV file of sample data for testing
> in a web app.
>
> Columns& Types
> -------------------
> zip_code - text
> lattitude - float8
> longitude - float8
> city - text
> state - text
> county - text

Is this the complete table description?

>
> Some Sample Data From CSV File
> ------------------------------
> 96799,-7.209975,-170.7716,PAGO PAGO,AS,AMERICAN SAMOA
> 96941,7.138297,151.503116,POHNPEI,FM,FEDERATED STATES OF MICRO
> 96942,7.138297,151.503116,CHUUK,FM,FEDERATED STATES OF MICRO
>
> COPY Command
> ------------
> COPY geo_data FROM 'geo_data2.csv' DELIMITERS ',' CSV;
>
> Error Message
> -------------
> ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "96799"
> CONTEXT: COPY geo_data, line 1, column id: "96799"
>
> I can't figure out why it keeps choking with "invalid syntax for
> integer" since the field was created as "text".

My guess, there is a auto-increment field in front of the fields you
show above.

>
> Any and all help greatly appreciated!
>

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Adrian Klaver
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