On 01/17/2011 05:59 AM, Amar Dhole 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.
Looks like two columns missing. I see 10 headers and 8 data values
unless that is a cut and paste issue.
>
> 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"
Where does ccontains from? I am not seeing it in the table or the text file.
>
> 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.
You can specify a column list to COPY. See here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/sql-copy.html
>
> Thanks
>
> Amar
>
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Adrian Klaver
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