Re: copy losing information

No lines contain quotes. And the same file will sometimes be fully
imported, and sometimes lose data. I'm thinking that under heavy loads,
the database is discarding INSERTS.

thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 4:14 PM
To: Silvela, Jaime (Exchange)
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] copy losing information

"Silvela, Jaime \(Exchange\)" <JSilvela(at)Bear(dot)com> writes:
> I've started to notice missing info sometimes. I'll truncate the
table,
> read from the file, and notice that sometimes there are less rows in
the
> table than in the file.

Have you made any attempt to determine *which* rows are missing?
I'm wondering about sloppy quoting allowing lines to get joined,
or some such.

regards, tom lane

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