Re: Importing from CSV, auto creating table?

From: Reid Thompson <Reid(dot)Thompson(at)omnicell(dot)com>
To: "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Reid Thompson <Reid(dot)Thompson(at)omnicell(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Importing from CSV, auto creating table?
Date: 2019-08-22 13:14:08
Message-ID: 67782f5f8186a944bf64c4115e766faed1a93fa7.camel@omnicell.com
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On Thu, 2019-08-22 at 09:01 -0400, Reid Thompson wrote:
> On Thu, 2019-08-22 at 08:25 -0400, Reid Thompson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2019-08-21 at 17:15 -0400, stan wrote:
> > > [EXTERNAL SOURCE]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a situation where we need to import data, as an interim measure,
> > > from spreadsheets.
> > >
> > > I have read up on \copy and COPY, but I do not see that either of these can
> > > use the header from a CSV file to define a new table. Am I missing
> > > something?
> > >
> > > Also downloaded something called pgfutter, which I thought would do this,
> > > but have not had any success with this. After I (thought) I had figured out
> > > the arguments, it just seams to hag forever.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
> > > neither liberty nor safety."
> > > -- Benjamin Franklin
> > >
> > >
> >
> > https://csvkit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorial/3_power_tools.html#csvsql-and-sql2csv-ultimate-power
> >
> > csvsql and sql2csv: ultimate power
> > ...snip...
> > By default, csvsql will generate a create table statement for your data. You can specify what sort of database you are using with the -i flag:
> > ...snip...
> >
>
> Example
>
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35243432/how-to-generate-a-schema-from-a-csv-for-a-postgresql-copy
>

a more detailed example

https://archive.is/pFpJi

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