Re: copy command - date

From: Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net>
To: novice <user(dot)postgresql(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: copy command - date
Date: 2007-08-13 01:59:33
Message-ID: DF7059B0-788B-4A1C-9592-268A6DF5DB87@seespotcode.net
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On Aug 12, 2007, at 20:49 , novice wrote:

> I'm using pg version 8.2.4. What is the best method to load this
> data?
> I have just a little over 55,000 entries.
>
> db5=> \copy maintenance FROM test.txt
> ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "3665 OK SM
> 07/07/13 06:09"
> CONTEXT: COPY maintenance, line 1, column maintenance_id: "3665 OK
> SM 07/07/13 06:09"

I'd say your tabs have been converted to spaces so the COPY command
is not delimiting the fields as you expect.

Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net

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