Re: COPY command and serial columns

On 2010-11-05, Wm.A.Stafford <stafford@marine.rutgers.edu> wrote:
> I am trying to use COPY to load some data.  I am not using a list of
> column names in the COPY command.  The table I am loading has 80
> character varying columns and a primary key defined as: id serial
> PRIMARY KEY
>
> The id field is not in the data being loaded so COPY gives the message:
> ERROR:  missing data for column "id"
>
> I don't want to use a column list because this table is subject to a lot
> of change and a column list would be yet another possible point of
> failure if it has to be changed to keep up with table changes.
>
> Is there anyway to load this data without specifying a column list?

a: drop the column, load the data, re-add the column.

b: load the data into a temporary first.

c: otherwise "no"


--
ɹǝpun uʍop ɯoɹɟ sƃuıʇǝǝɹ⅁