On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 17:57 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > > \copy "Flight Traffic" from yourfile.csv delimiter as ','
> > csv quote as
> > > '"'
> > >
> > > (might need some adaption, of course)
> > >
> > >
> > > Loading 45,000 lines is trivial for copy, it shouldn't take
> > noticable
> > > time at all.
> > ----
> > along these lines - can I do something similar (CSV file) but
> > 'update' 2 or 3 columns?
>
> I'd use COPY to a temp table, then run a normal UPDATE on that.
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is that a pg 8.x thing? I'm using 7.4.x (RHEL)
th-db_development=# \copy "clients_temp" from representatives.csv
delimiter as ',' csv quote as '"'
ERROR: syntax error at or near "CSV" at character 53
LINE 1: ...PY "clients_temp" FROM STDIN USING DELIMITERS ',' CSV
QUOTE ...
^
\copy: ERROR: syntax error at or near "CSV" at character 53
Craig
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