On 10 February 2010 23:46, Mike <1100100@gmail.com> wrote:
> Using Postgresql ver. 8.3.7
>
> I made a database called "receivables."
> I made a table called "invoice."
> The second column in table "invoice" is called "matter_num" and has a
> data type of "numeric(5,0)".
> When I try to copy data from .csv file to table "invoice" I receive
> the following error message:
>
> ERROR: missing data for column "matter_num"
>
> But there are numbers (4 digits in length) throughout the whole column
> of the .csv file.
>
> I tried removing all the (") delimiters, but copy failed with the same
> error message.
>
> What am I missing?
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Mike
>
Are you sure the data in the file has more than 1 column? And could
you provide a sample line from the file, and the COPY command you
used?
Thom