RE: Back Slash \ issue

Hi Team,

We are using the below command

COPY <<TableName>> from 'C:\Data_Dump\ABC.txt' DELIMITER '|';

Regards,
Vinod

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From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2019 8:58 PM
To: Guntry Vinod <GV00619735(at)TechMahindra(dot)com>; ravikrishna(at)mail(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org; Venkatamurali Krishna Gottuparthi <VG00114307(at)TechMahindra(dot)com>; Biswa Ranjan Dash <BD00617837(at)TechMahindra(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Back Slash \ issue

On 5/2/19 8:19 AM, Guntry Vinod wrote:
> Hi Adrian\Kiran,
>
> Below is the issue.
>
> We are migrating from Db2 to Postgre.
>
> The Db2 dump consists of back Slash \ with in the data [dump] , but postgre is not escaping the Slash.
>
> For example if name consist of Vinod\G after the inserting the dump the value in postgre is VinodG where as I need it as Vinod\G.
>
> Since the dump is huge data I can't replace \ within the data to escape Slash.
>
> We are using import utility provided by Postgre.

Are you talking about COPY or some other utility?

>
> Can you please give me any solution in this regard?.

In order for a solution to be found we will need more explicit information on what you are doing.

>
> @kiran-let me also try solution you provided in the below mail.
>
> Regards,
> Vinod
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> From: Adrian Klaver [adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com]
> Sent: 02 May 2019 20:04
> To: ravikrishna(at)mail(dot)com; Guntry Vinod
> Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org; Venkatamurali Krishna Gottuparthi;
> Biswa Ranjan Dash
> Subject: Re: Back Slash \ issue
>
> On 5/2/19 7:30 AM, ravikrishna(at)mail(dot)com wrote:
>> > We have dump from DB2 and trying to upload it Postgre.
>> DB2 export command has an option to export it as CSV which quotes
>> data so that any embedded lines or special characters inside the data
>> is treated fine. Does the csv format has quotes enclosing it ?
>
> Please show the command you use to import into Postgres.
> Also the error message you get.
>
>
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