Re: copy from multi-line text problem

From: Andrew McMillan <andrew(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz>
To: Igor Velkov <iav(at)saules(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: copy from multi-line text problem
Date: 2001-04-08 17:37:46
Message-ID: 3AD0A1EA.FB4F70B3@catalyst.net.nz
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Igor Velkov wrote:
>
> Can I use copy from command for bulk insertion to table with multi-line
> text fields?
> In past< with MySQL i do it with configure "," serarated fields, quotes
> and "|" separated lines.
> With Postgres it can't parse more-that-1-line text field.
>
> Can I import tis file somehow?

I have a perl script which I use to parse comma-separated files like
this. It is 'sort-of' generic, but you would need to customise it a
little for your situation.

E-mail me if you would like a copy.

Cheers,
Andrew.
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