Re: request for help with COPY syntax

From: "Chuck D(dot)" <pgsql-list(at)nullmx(dot)com>
To: Adrian Klaver <aklaver(at)comcast(dot)net>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: request for help with COPY syntax
Date: 2007-10-24 06:59:04
Message-ID: 200710240059.04348.pgsql-list@nullmx.com
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On October 23, 2007 08:51:18 pm you wrote:
>
> I got it to work with your sample data by using the COPY command as
> follows: COPY geo.orig_city_maxmind
> FROM '/home/www/geo/DATA/MAXMIND.com/cities_no_header.txt'
> CSV quote as '''';

I see what you are after and you solved the syntax problem I was having, but
now I get the same error on a different line:

ad,l'aldosa,L'Aldosa,02,42.5833333,1.6333333

I guess it considers that line quoted now. In other words, some lines may
have both single and double quotes involved, like this:

kz,otdeleniye imeni dvadtsat' vtorogo parts"yezda,Otdeleniye Imeni Dvadtsat'
Vtorogo Parts"yezda,10,41.47,69.1280556

Is there any way to tell Postgresql that a CSV file has no quotes around each
field, and that each field may have single or double quotes or both?

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