In article <200710240059.04348.pgsql-list@nullmx.com>,
"Chuck D." <pgsql-list@nullmx.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 ','
?