hi i'm using postgreSQL 7.3 b1. when i try to populate my tables with the files that contain all the data, i have some troblues: for example, my table has the following fields: -date (date) -id_street (int2) -flux_h_0_1 (float8) -flux_h_1_2 (float8) . . . -flux_h_23_0 (float8) the input file has semicolon as delimiters and it't like this 2000-01-01;25;325.236;-0.123; and so on ;1.2 2000-01-01;26;323.45;-1.23; 1.66 if i execute the command copy table from 'path/file' using delimiters ';' it returns the following: 'RROR: copy: line 1, Bad float8 input format '-0.123 i can't understand why it's saying it's wrong!!!! or another error in importing other tables can be: ": can't parse "ne 1, pg_atoi: error in "125 and 125 is the last number of a row. what can i do to solve this problem? thanx in advance for your help massimo
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