Re: COPY column order

You can specify the column order in the copy statement:

psql -d test -c "create table ttt (id serial primary key, name varchar(10), value int);"
echo "10|one" | psql -d test -c "copy ttt (value,name) from stdin with delimiter '|';"
psql -d test -c "select * from ttt;"
id | name | value
----+------+-------
1 | one | 10
(1 row)

HTH

Brent Wood

GIS/DBA consultant
NIWA
+64 (4) 4 386-0300
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Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 12:33 AM
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Subject: [GENERAL] COPY column order

Hi there

I'm trying to use COPY with HEADER option but my header line in file is in
different order than the column order specified in database.
Is the column name order necessary in my file ??

thxs

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