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Subject: | Re: create database from text file, to delete columns |
Date: | 2008-04-03 12:52:55 |
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On 02/04/2008, Sean Davis <sdavis2(at)mail(dot)nih(dot)gov> wrote:
> No. You can easily use python, perl, R, java, or some other language
> to parse the file and generate the create table statements. However,
> if you just need to remove some columns, you do not really need the
> database at all. Just use a little script (again, in a scripting
> language) to remove the columns you like.
>
I'm afraid cannot easily use awk, perl, nor rexx (simply beyond my
comprehension). So I want to return to the database way as the nearest
to a spreadsheet.
I tried importing my csv file using the copy command but nothing
happens. I created a blank database and then issued the command:
COPY databasename FROM '/filename.csv' | STDIN WITH DELIMITER ',' NULL
'0.0E0' CSV
Then I issue the command:
\dl
and there is nothing in the database just two empty columns appear,
ID|Description.
How to resolve please.
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