Re: Import question

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 <mailto: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
> <mailto:scobey49(at)verizon(dot)net>>
> Sent: Thursday, 28 May 2020 6:11 AM
> To: pgadmin-support(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
> <mailto: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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