Re: How to import CSV file?

This might not be the quickest way, but it is a skill you'll be happy to
have gained.

Perl has a class (or module) called CSV.pm, you feed it a file, and it does
the rest (parsing it) and gives an array for each row. You can then alter
them (however you wish) and write them to a file suitable for pg copy, or
just use DBI to insert it into the PG. Which is basically an ETL (Extract,
Transform, Load). I know insert is slower, but the point was to show a
general way that will always for.

Cheers
Medi Montaseri

On 8/28/07, Chris Hoover <revoohc(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> I need some help importing a csv file. I have been given a csv file full
> of data that is delimited by a comma, and the strings are delimited by a
> single quote. How do you write the copy statement to use a single quote
> delimiter? I have tried several things, but so far, no joy.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Chris
>