Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Brent Wood
Can you show the output of \d geo_data ? Try 'using' delimiters Are you doing this as the postgres superuser? Because COPY can't load from files as a casual user, you need to pipe it to copy & read from stdin. Simple script below works for me, modified copy statement might help?. HTH, Bren

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Bryan Nelson
Thanks Tom that did it :) James: I'll add those books to my list I appreciate everyone's help! On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Bryan Nelson writes: >> Tom, rake is a rails command, also after doing a \d geo_data it does >> show that it's adding an id column before everythin

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread James B. Byrne
On: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:57:03 -0400, Bryan Nelson > Tom, rake is a rails command, also after doing a \d geo_data > it does show that it's adding an id column before everything > else. I'm guessing my best bet is going to be creating the table > by hand as I have no idea how to tell it not to crea

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Scott Ribe
On Jul 15, 2011, at 12:06 PM, Bryan Nelson wrote: > Hi Scott, do you know if it's possible to force it not to create the > extra field? If you do that, you are going to have to figure out how to get Rails to work with that table--which is probably far beyond the Rails help you're going to get o

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Tom Lane
Bryan Nelson writes: > Tom, rake is a rails command, also after doing a \d geo_data it does > show that it's adding an id column before everything else. I'm > guessing my best bet is going to be creating the table by hand as I > have no idea how to tell it not to create the extra field. No need t

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Friday, July 15, 2011 10:33:34 am Bryan Nelson wrote: > Tom, the file was created in linunx and is utf-8. Here is the rake > task that created the table: > > class CreateGeoData < ActiveRecord::Migration ActiveRecord will add an auto-incrementing id column to the table. You will need to loo

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Bryan Nelson
Tom, rake is a rails command, also after doing a \d geo_data it does show that it's adding an id column before everything else. I'm guessing my best bet is going to be creating the table by hand as I have no idea how to tell it not to create the extra field. Thanks for the help everyone, figured i

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Scott Ribe
On Jul 15, 2011, at 11:44 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Never heard of rake before, but I'm betting that it's doing stuff > behind your back, like including an "id" column in the table definition. > Try looking at the table in psql (\d geo_data), or enabling query > logging on the server so you can see wh

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Steve Crawford
On 07/15/2011 10:42 AM, Steve Crawford wrote: . Error Message - ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "96799" CONTEXT: COPY geo_data, line 1, column id: "96799" If you have given us a correct table layout, there is no column 96799 ... Oops, meant column "id". Cheers, Steve -

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Tom Lane
Bryan Nelson writes: > Tom, the file was created in linunx and is utf-8. Here is the rake > task that created the table: > class CreateGeoData < ActiveRecord::Migration > def self.up > create_table :geo_data do |t| > t.column :zip_code, :text > t.column :latitude, :float8 >

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Steve Crawford
On 07/15/2011 09:03 AM, Bryan Nelson wrote: I am having problems importing a CSV file of sample data for testing in a web app. Do you mean that you are importing the data using something like psql to use in a web app or that you are testing a web-app that does the import? Columns& Types --

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Bryan Nelson
Tom, the file was created in linunx and is utf-8. Here is the rake task that created the table: class CreateGeoData < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up create_table :geo_data do |t| t.column :zip_code, :text t.column :latitude, :float8 t.column :longitude, :float8

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Bryan Nelson
thout quotes. >> >> Susan >> >> -Original Message- >> From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org >> [mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Nelson >> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:04 AM >> To: pgsql-gener

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Rick Genter
and created a test CSV > file, it worked fine both with and without quotes. > > Susan > > -Original Message- > From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto: > pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Nelson > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:04 AM > T

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Tom Lane
Bryan Nelson writes: > 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 >

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Susan Cassidy
thout quotes. Susan -Original Message- From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@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 import

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Bryan Nelson
ral@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

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Bryan Nelson
Hi Adrian, yes that is the entire table definition. On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote: > On 07/15/2011 09:03 AM, Bryan Nelson wrote: >> >> I am having problems importing a CSV file of sample data for testing >> in a web app. >> >> Columns&  Types >> --- >> zip_

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Susan Cassidy
ly 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 - te

Re: [GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 07/15/2011 09:03 AM, Bryan Nelson wrote: 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 Is this the complete table description

[GENERAL] Error Importing CSV File

2011-07-15 Thread Bryan Nelson
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,-170.77