Re: Error Importing CSV File

Hi Susan, I have tried importing the file both with and without "'s
around each field. But for some reason it still always chokes on the
first one.

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Susan Cassidy <scassidy(at)edgewave(dot)com> wrote:
> The default quote character is ", so I believe it is expecting quotes to be around text fields.  That is the norm for CSV files.
>
> Susan
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> Subject: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File
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> I am having problems importing a CSV file of sample data for testing
> in a web app.
>
> Columns & Types
> -------------------
> zip_code - text
> lattitude - float8
> longitude - float8
> city - text
> state - text
> county - text
>
> Some Sample Data From CSV File
> ------------------------------
> 96799,-7.209975,-170.7716,PAGO PAGO,AS,AMERICAN SAMOA
> 96941,7.138297,151.503116,POHNPEI,FM,FEDERATED STATES OF MICRO
> 96942,7.138297,151.503116,CHUUK,FM,FEDERATED STATES OF MICRO
>
> COPY Command
> ------------
> COPY geo_data FROM 'geo_data2.csv' DELIMITERS ',' CSV;
>
> Error Message
> -------------
> ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "96799"
> CONTEXT: COPY geo_data, line 1, column id: "96799"
>
> I can't figure out why it keeps choking with "invalid syntax for
> integer" since the field was created as "text".
>
> Any and all help greatly appreciated!
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