"Copy from" omit source columns?

From: Steve Midgley <public(at)misuse(dot)org>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: "Copy from" omit source columns?
Date: 2006-11-21 19:13:26
Message-ID: 20061121221911.C10D09FB26E@postgresql.org
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Hello,

(I already fear the answer to my question is "no..") :)

I am using the 'COPY FROM' SQL command (not psql \copy) to move data
into a table from a CSV file. The source data are suitable for import
EXCEPT there are extraneous columns of data in the source file. In
essence, my table schema is:

id, col1, col2, col4

My source file schema is:

col1,col2,col3,col4

I'm curious if there is any way to tell "COPY" to ignore the third
column of data? Basically I'd like to write something along the lines
of:

copy import (col1,col2,\n,col4)
from 'c:/dev/import/source/test.csv'
with CSV HEADER

Note "\n" would indicate there there is a column in the source that
should simply be ignored during the import. Of course, I tried this
syntax and it didn't work. Perhaps there is another way of indicating
that there is a "null column" in the source file that should be skipped
during import?

Any assistance in solving this problem (without having to change the
source file) would be greatly appreciated. If I have to change the
source file, I will, but it would greatly simplify things if I didn't
have to..

Best regards and thanks for any ideas,

Steve

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