Re: [E] Re: CSV From Oracle with timestamp column getting errors

Awesome. Thanks Victor!

.... Sushanta

On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 4:47 PM Victor Yegorov <vyegorov(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> пн, 22 мар. 2021 г. в 21:38, Saha, Sushanta K <
> sushanta(dot)saha(at)verizonwireless(dot)com>:
>
>> \COPY table1 FROM '/tmp/Oracle_2020_06.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER;
>> ERROR: invalid input syntax for type timestamp: "01-JUN-20
>> 06.04.20.634000 AM"
>> CONTEXT: COPY table1, line 2, column last_update_timestamp: "01-JUN-20
>> 06.04.20.634000 AM"
>>
>> Appreciate any help with this psql command.
>>
>
> I would recommend issuing one of these on the Oracle side *before* taking
> the CSV snapshot.
> export NLS_DATE_FORMAT="YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS"
> ALTER SESSION SET nls_date_format='YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS';
>
> Otherwise, you have to load this CSV file in a table, that has `text` type
> for the column and do a post-processing,
> smth like:
>
> INSERT INTO permanent_tab
> SELECT *, to_timestamp(col, 'DD-MON-YY HH12.MI.SS.SSSSS AM') FROM
> temp_table;
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Victor Yegorov
>

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