> > I don't think we've seen enough representative data to know exactly what the > backslash is doing. It doesn't appear to be an escape, based on the sole > example I've seen it appears to be a data separator between first name and > last name. > > It seems increasingly likely to me that you might not be in a position where > the COPY command in PostgreSQL can handle loading the database, at least not > without some help. You might have to write a program to clean up the data > and format it for PostgreSQL. > > I've spent a lot of time over the years migrating data from one platform to > another, you have to know EXACTLY what data you currently have and what > format you need it turned into before you can figure out how to do the > transformation. > -- > Mike Nolan
Fully agreed. I have informed Guntry via email that he has to provide more information before we can help further.
