From: | Michael Wood <esiotrot(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Sindile Bidla <sindile(dot)bidla(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Error in using copy command |
Date: | 2011-05-11 13:42:21 |
Message-ID: | BANLkTimHF88g9ukEkdTkDCAUWzkMT=sZRw@mail.gmail.com |
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On 11 May 2011 15:07, Sindile Bidla <sindile(dot)bidla(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I have modified my command to: COPY tablename FROM 'myfile' DELIMITER ','
> CSV QUOTE '"' ESCAPE E'\\';
> following your suggestion but I am still getting the same error
What is the table definition?
> On 11 May 2011 14:34, Michael Wood <esiotrot(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>> On 11 May 2011 14:28, Michael Wood <esiotrot(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> > On 11 May 2011 14:09, Sindile Bidla <sindile(dot)bidla(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I get the following error on running COPY - array value must start with
>> >> "{"
>> >> or dimension information CONTEXT: copy tablename, line 1, column
>> >> field1:
>> >> ""1"".
>> >> the structure of the csv file is: "1","1","BLOEMSMOND SETTLEMENT
>> >> AGRICULTURAL HOLDING","00000","","","T618/1943","6.3870 H","NORTHERN
>> >> CAPE","","*"
>> >> my copy command looks is: COPY tablename FROM myfile DELIMITER ',';
>> >
>> > Try:
>> >
>> > COPY tablename FROM 'myfile'
>> > DELIMITER ','
>> > CSV QUOTE '"' ESCAPE '\';
>> >
>> > (ESCAPE might be wrong depending on what your CSV looks like if one of
>> > the fields contains a " character.)
>>
>> Sorry, should be:
>>
>> ...
>> ESCAPE E'\\'
>>
>> if you want to use a single \ as an escape character.
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Michael Wood <esiotrot(at)gmail(dot)com>
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