The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 2114 Logged by: Ben Gould Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.1.0 Operating system: Mac OS X 10.4.3 Description: (patch) COPY FROM ... end of copy marker corrupt Details:
With a table like: CREATE TABLE test_table ( foo text, bar text, baz text ); Using this format for COPY FROM: COPY test_table FROM STDIN WITH CSV HEADER DELIMITER AS ',' NULL AS 'NULL' QUOTE AS '\"' ESCAPE AS '\"' Where the file was generated via: COPY test_table TO STDOUT WITH CSV HEADER DELIMITER AS ',' NULL AS 'NULL' QUOTE AS '\"' ESCAPE AS '\"' FORCE QUOTE foo, bar, baz; I needed this patch: <<< --- postgresql-8.1.0.original/src/backend/commands/copy.c 2005-12-13 13:18:16.000000000 +0100 +++ postgresql-8.1.0/src/backend/commands/copy.c 2005-12-13 13:28:28.000000000 +0100 @@ -2531,7 +2531,7 @@ /* * In CSV mode, we only recognize \. at start of line */ - if (c == '\\' && cstate->line_buf.len == 0) + if (c == '\\' && !in_quote && cstate->line_buf.len == 0) { char c2; >>> Because of this error message: pg_endcopy warning: ERROR: end-of-copy marker corrupt (We have quoted strings containing things like ..\..\.. in the CSV file which broke the copy from.) I was using DBD::Pg as the client library. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq