Re: problem with loading from file

From: Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: "Johnson, Shaunn" <SJohnson6(at)bcbsm(dot)com>
Cc: "'pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: problem with loading from file
Date: 2002-08-14 12:49:17
Message-ID: 1029329357.28727.1.camel@linda
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On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 13:28, Johnson, Shaunn wrote:
> Howdy:
>
> I've been trying to restore a large table from file
> using the psql -U <user> -d <database> -f <file>
> method and I keep getting the errors about
> the index. I've tried to load it a few times and
> I get the same thing (error). I do look through
> and drop the index before loading again.
>
> What am I doing wrong?

> psql:/var/tmp/backup_sysdates.Sat:40: ERROR: copy: line 5874678, Cannot
> insert a duplicate key into unique index t_aug4_dates_pkey

The data you are importing contains a duplicate primary key at the
specified line. Change the imported data to prevent the duplication.

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