From: | Tim Landscheidt <tim(at)tim-landscheidt(dot)de> |
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To: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: import ignoring duplicates |
Date: | 2010-05-17 00:32:00 |
Message-ID: | m3y6fjwepr.fsf@passepartout.tim-landscheidt.de |
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Mark Fenbers <Mark(dot)Fenbers(at)noaa(dot)gov> wrote:
> I am using psql's \copy command to add records to a database
> from a file. The file has over 100,000 lines.
> Occasionally, there is a duplicate, and the import ceases
> and an internal rollback is performed. In other words, no
> data is imported even if the first error occurs near the end
> of the file.
> I am looking for an option/switch to tell psql (or the \copy
> command) to skip over any duplicate key constraint
> viloations and continue to load any data that doesn't
> violate a duplicate key constraint. Is there such an
> option?
No. You can either disable the constraint temporarily, im-
port the data, fix any duplicates and re-enable the con-
straint, or you can load the data in a temporary table and
then transfer only the valid data. With only 100000 records
I would opt for the latter.
Tim
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