Re: request for help with COPY syntax

From: Harald Fuchs <hf0217x(at)protecting(dot)net>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: request for help with COPY syntax
Date: 2007-10-24 09:19:26
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In article <200710240059(dot)04348(dot)pgsql-list(at)nullmx(dot)com>,
"Chuck D." <pgsql-list(at)nullmx(dot)com> writes:

> 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?

Can't you just say

COPY geo.orig_city_maxmind
FROM '/home/www/geo/DATA/MAXMIND.com/cities_no_header.txt'
DELIMITER ','

?

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