Re: Import question

From: Aditya Toshniwal <aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Scobey Weaver <scobey49(at)verizon(dot)net>
Cc: "pgadmin-support(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgadmin-support(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, "Ahmed, Nawaz (Fuji Xerox Australia)" <Nawaz(dot)Ahmed(at)aus(dot)fujixerox(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Import question
Date: 2020-05-28 05:55:44
Message-ID: CAM9w-_nzCkKzwRJWZwQjT-UkXJbU9rd8=+9kKL0vZ-ek8RGZEg@mail.gmail.com
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Oh wait, you've already sent. Will try at our end.

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 11:15 AM Aditya Toshniwal <
aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Scobey,
>
> Can you please share the table DDL with some sample records CSV to
> simulate the issue at our end ?
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 11:13 AM Scobey Weaver <scobey49(at)verizon(dot)net>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Aditya,
>>
>> I did click on more details. I've attached a screen shot of the result.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Scobey
>>
>> On 5/28/20 12:06 AM, Aditya Toshniwal wrote:
>>
>> Hi Scobey,
>>
>> Did you click on more details on the import progress notifier ? It would
>> give you more logs to help.
>>
>> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 6:52 AM Ahmed, Nawaz (Fuji Xerox Australia) <
>> Nawaz(dot)Ahmed(at)aus(dot)fujixerox(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> Are you running this import into a database in Linux environment or a
>>> Windows environment ?
>>>
>>> I am guessing (I could be wrong), it has something to do with control
>>> characters in your datafile such as ^M or ^H, which are usually visible if
>>> you edit the file in a Linux host using 'vi' editor.
>>>
>>> And what is the import command are you using, is it a COPY command ?
>>>
>>> ~
>>>
>>> Nawaz
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Scobey Weaver <scobey49(at)verizon(dot)net>
>>> Sent: Thursday, 28 May 2020 6:11 AM
>>> To: pgadmin-support(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
>>> Subject: Import question
>>>
>>> I'm taking a skillshare course and creating my own tables. I tried to
>>> import some data from a csv file and it didn't work. I thought I had done
>>> it just like the example on the video, and also checked some other online
>>> sources which seemed to do it the same way.
>>>
>>> Attached is the file I'm trying to import.
>>>
>>> The table I'm importing to was created as follows:
>>>
>>> CREATE TABLE public.markets
>>> (
>>> id integer NOT NULL,
>>> "Market" character varying(50) COLLATE pg_catalog."default" NOT
>>> NULL,
>>> CONSTRAINT markets_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id),
>>> CONSTRAINT unique_market UNIQUE ("Market")
>>> )
>>>
>>> TABLESPACE pg_default;
>>>
>>> ALTER TABLE public.markets
>>> OWNER to postgres;
>>> COMMENT ON TABBLE public.markets
>>> IS 'Market used as the price index (posted, Platts, Opis, Argus,
>>> etc...)';
>>>
>>> The import fails with the following error: Failed (exit code -6)
>>>
>>> I can't find "exit code -6" anywhere. What's wrong with my import?
>>>
>>> I've had one reply to this that brought up encoding. I left the
>>> encoding blank at first, as did the instructor in the skillshare video.
>>> Since then I've tried the UTF8 suggested by the person who brought it up.
>>> I also tried BIG5, EUC_CN, SQL_ASCII and WIN1250.
>>>
>>> All efforts ended with the same result. Is there a list of exit codes
>>> anywhere? What's "exit code -6"?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Scobey
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> Aditya Toshniwal
>> pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Software Engineer | EnterpriseDB India | Pune
>> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Thanks and Regards,
> Aditya Toshniwal
> pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Software Engineer | EnterpriseDB India | Pune
> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
>

--
Thanks and Regards,
Aditya Toshniwal
pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Software Engineer | EnterpriseDB India | Pune
"Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"

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