| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Wells Oliver <wellsoliver(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Trouble w/ COPY command |
| Date: | 2012-04-15 00:01:02 |
| Message-ID: | 19492.1334448062@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Wells Oliver <wellsoliver(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I have CSV files blowing up because they have double quotes around numeric
> values: " 1.34" yields ERROR: invalid input syntax for type numeric: "
> 1.34"
Is that an exact copy of the error message? Because there are double
quotes in that error message's text; what you are showing does not
suggest that they are part of the data value. I'm wondering about
non-visible characters myself.
> And occasionally these are empty, and you see invalid syntax for type
> numeric: " "
Well, that you're going to have to do something else about. Possibly
you could treat the empty string as null? (See the 'null string'
option to COPY.)
regards, tom lane
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