Re: Error: extra data after last expected column

I just saw your other comments: this is what I was referring to :
http://www.psequel.com/ and didn't want people to think I mean psql.

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 6:04 PM, David G. Johnston <
david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Mitra . <mitraahi(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to import excel file to postgresql 9.5 but when run the query ,
>> got error :extra data after last expected column
>>
>> Mac OS
>> 1) downloaded excel file , open with LibreOffice, saved as CSV, UTF-8
>> (attachment).
>> 2) renamed and moved the file under /Users/<mylogin>/Library/Application
>> Support/Postgres/var-9.5
>>
>
> ​I'm somewhat surprised the server was able to resolve "test.csv" to above
> path...​
>
> 3) created an empty table called mytable
>>
>
> ​Pertinent also to your subsequent question - I'm not sure where you
> expect to place import the data to if the table you've created has no
> columns...​
>
>
>> 4) ran the following command:
>>
>>
>> query ran under PSequel:
>>
>
> ​Its nice to use actual names, and not phonetic spellings, when writing.
>
> i.e., psql​
>
>
>> COPY mytable
>>
>> FROM 'test.csv'
>>
>>
>> Do I have to create columns inside mytable ? I also tried "Freeze header
>> and footer" before converting to CSV , same error.
>>
>> What am I missing here?
>>
>>
>>
> ​Try:
>
> COPY mytable FROm 'test.csv' WITH (FORMAT csv);
>
> ​Then read the following while paying special attention to what the
> defaults are:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/interactive/sql-copy.html
>
> PostgreSQL doesn't try to figure things out on its own - you have to tell
> it what format your data is in.
>
> David J.
>
>