Re: csv improt to table

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel(at)panix(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: csv improt to table
Date: 2015-06-14 00:00:55
Message-ID: CAKFQuwbwBaqMkC4+2zu0PKEchRoyTD373CSSummrM03d4AOGFw@mail.gmail.com
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For the list - where does one go (point others) to learn how to read the
syntax blocks that are provided in our documentation?

David J.

On Saturday, June 13, 2015, David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> On Saturday, June 13, 2015, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel(at)panix(dot)com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jdashiel(at)panix(dot)com');>> wrote:
>
>> I read the documentation and built a command and tried it and got a
>> syntax error.
>
>
> Re-read the syntax and examples on this page. Your first problem, as
> noted by the error message, is that the word "to" does not immediately
> follow the word copy.
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/interactive/sql-copy.html
>
>
>> Before I ran the command, I changed all single quotes in the csv file to
>> double quotes. I copied the command and the generated error onto my
>> clipboard so what follows is a paste into this message.
>> Cut here.
>> copy to health /home/jude/health.csv format csv header force-not-null;
>> ERROR: syntax error at or near "to"
>> LINE 1: copy to health /home/jude/health.csv format csv header force...
>>
>>
> David J.
>

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