Re: Help needed in skipping column for copy command

From: Russell Galyon <russellgalyon(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Amar Dhole <adhole(at)tibco(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Help needed in skipping column for copy command
Date: 2011-01-17 21:14:11
Message-ID: AANLkTim0RWjgo9MGmmhscW6k2N84=A10zKzQRLeEuSxj@mail.gmail.com
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COPY D_2147483927_2147484848_TAB
(
CP
, CPR
, CHOUSENO
, CSTREET
, CLOCALITY
, CCITY
, CPROVINCE
, CCOUNTRY
, CZIP
)
FROM 'one.txt'
WITH DELIMITER ',' QUOTE '"' csv HEADER;

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Amar Dhole <adhole(at)tibco(dot)com> wrote:

> I have table created as follows
>
>
>
>
>
> CREATE TABLE D_2147483927_2147484848_TAB(
>
> CP VARCHAR(256) ,
>
> CPR VARCHAR(256) ,
>
> CHOUSENO VARCHAR(256) ,
>
> CSTREET VARCHAR(256) ,
>
> CLOCALITY VARCHAR(256) ,
>
> CCITY VARCHAR(256) ,
>
> CPROVINCE VARCHAR(256) ,
>
> CCOUNTRY VARCHAR(256) ,
>
> CZIP VARCHAR(256) ,
>
> CCO VARCHAR(256) )
>
>
>
> I am using copy command to copy the content of file into the table.
> (one.txt)
>
>
>
> PR,PRO,HOUSENO,STREET,LOCALITY,CITY,PROVINCE,COUNTRY,ZIP,CON
>
> ,,A-24 Siddi vihar apt.,Near Krishna Chowk,New Sanghvi,Pune,MH,India,411027
>
>
>
>
>
> In the above data, data for last column is missing.
>
>
>
>
>
> copy D_2147483927_2147484848_TAB from 'D:/work/one.txt' with delimiter as
> ',' quote '"' csv HEADER ;
>
>
>
>
>
> I get the following error as
>
>
>
> ERROR: missing data for column "ccontains"
>
> CONTEXT: COPY d_2147483927_2147484848_tab, line 2: "q,q,A-24 Siddi vihar
> apt.,
>
> Near Krishna Chowk,New Sanghvi,Pune,MH,India,411027 "
>
>
>
> Can any one please tell me how can I make copy command to ignore the data
> missing column ? as the data in file is unknown so it column name is which
> is missing is not known in advance.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Amar
>
>
>

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