Re: update table from csv file

On 12/28/2012 12:31 AM, Kirk Wythers wrote:
> I have been using COPY FROM to do a mass import of records from CSV files into a new database. I have discover however, a small number of records ( a few thousand) in one of the files that contain new data that needs to be added to the database, but on rows that have a primary key and have already been inserted (so I can't use COPY FROM because it violates the primary key).
The standard solution is:

- COPY to a temporary table; then
- Use UPDATE ... FROM to merge the data from the temp table into the
main table, usually after locking the main table
> I have created a temporary table and used COPY FROM to load the update data into the temporary table. I seem to be stuck however. I thought I should be able to use the UPDATE command to update all columns and all rows the table.id = tmp_table.id
>
> Something like:
>
> UPDATE table FROM tmp_table WHERE table.id = tmp_table.id;
That's the usual solution, yes.

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