Re: Error Importing CSV File

Rick, thanks for the tip.  I tried that but it's giving me the same error.

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Rick Genter <rick.genter@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the COPY is expecting the first line of the file to be a header and
> it doesn't find a column named "96799" in the table. Try putting a line at
> the top of the file that looks like this:
> zip_code,latitude,longitude,city,state,county
>
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Susan Cassidy <scassidy@edgewave.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> There seems to be no reason it should be looking for an integer, if your
>> table definition as shown is correct.  You don't have any integers listed.
>>
>> Also, why does it think that the column id is 96799?
>>
>> Stupid question, but are you logged into the right database?  Maybe a
>> different db has a different table definition for that table name?
>>
>> Maybe it is using a different file than you think it is?  I had to specify
>> the full path to get the COPY to work on my test database.
>>
>> When I created the same table as you specified, and created a test CSV
>> file, it worked fine both with and without quotes.
>>
>> Susan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
>> [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Nelson
>> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:04 AM
>> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
>> Subject: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File
>>
>> I am having problems importing a CSV file of sample data for testing
>> in a web app.
>>
>> Columns & Types
>> -------------------
>> zip_code - text
>> lattitude - float8
>> longitude - float8
>> city - text
>> state - text
>> county - text
>>
>> Some Sample Data From CSV File
>> ------------------------------
>> 96799,-7.209975,-170.7716,PAGO PAGO,AS,AMERICAN SAMOA
>> 96941,7.138297,151.503116,POHNPEI,FM,FEDERATED STATES OF MICRO
>> 96942,7.138297,151.503116,CHUUK,FM,FEDERATED STATES OF MICRO
>>
>> COPY Command
>> ------------
>> COPY geo_data FROM 'geo_data2.csv' DELIMITERS ',' CSV;
>>
>> Error Message
>> -------------
>> ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "96799"
>> CONTEXT: COPY geo_data, line 1, column id: "96799"
>>
>> I can't figure out why it keeps choking with "invalid syntax for
>> integer" since the field was created as "text".
>>
>> Any and all help greatly appreciated!
>>
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