Re: Importing data into postgreSQL from FileMaker?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Neacal <deb(at)mac(dot)ppc>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Importing data into postgreSQL from FileMaker?
Date: 2004-09-18 19:51:35
Message-ID: 7297.1095537095@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Neacal <deb(at)mac(dot)ppc> writes:
> Can I use textfiles (e.g. tab-separated) to transfer data from
> FileMaker to PostgreSQL??

Tab-separated text files should work fine --- read them with COPY.
(At least, to that level of detail it will work. You might encounter
some issues with representation of NULLs, or different ideas about
timestamp formatting, or something like that. I dunno enough about
FileMaker to say.)

regards, tom lane

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