Re: Import fails on single quote.

From: Aditya Toshniwal <aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: dsbw <dsbw(at)protonmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgadmin-support(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgadmin-support(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Import fails on single quote.
Date: 2021-05-12 05:05:36
Message-ID: CAM9w-_=VXdX0anWGXH_3gsR3EJjneGkgmmbKOR_ePz2UCQThOg@mail.gmail.com
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Hi Dsbw,

Did you try changing the escape field ? It is by default a single quote.
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On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 12:32 AM dsbw <dsbw(at)protonmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Trying to import data, tab-delimited but unfortunately with quotes around
> string fields anyway. Like:
>
> 1234<tab>"JOHN"<tab>"SMITH"<tab>5678
>
> PGAdmin import fails when the quoted value contains a single quote:
>
> 1234<tab>"EMPLOYEES'"<tab>"CREDIT UNION"<tab>5678
>
> So the trailing quote (for possessive) after "EMPLOYEES" trips it up.
> Seems like, if one is inside a set of double-quotes, any single quotes
> should be ignored? (I know CSV is multiply and contradictorily defined, but
> still.)
>
> ===Blake===
>

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Thanks,
Aditya Toshniwal
pgAdmin hacker | Sr. Software Engineer | *edbpostgres.com*
<http://edbpostgres.com>
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