Re: [GENERAL] Load a csv file into a pgsql table

2006-09-19 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/19/06 13:26, Steve Atkins wrote: > > On Sep 19, 2006, at 11:15 AM, Emi Lu wrote: > >> Greetings, >> >> >> *Except* copy command, are there other quick ways to load data from a >> csv file into a pgsql table please? > > There are several bulk l

Re: [GENERAL] Load a csv file into a pgsql table

2006-09-19 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Emi Lu wrote: Greetings, *Except* copy command, are there other quick ways to load data from a csv file into a pgsql table please? Quick? No. Joshua D. Drake Thanks a lot! ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your

Re: [GENERAL] Load a csv file into a pgsql table

2006-09-19 Thread Emi Lu
Thank you for all the inputs. Actually, I am reluctant to do the update line by line. I plan to use a shell script to . replace all characters such as ' to \' . update each line to insert into . call "-c query " load the file into db In java, call this shell script, after data populated into ta

Re: [GENERAL] Load a csv file into a pgsql table

2006-09-19 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 13:27, Brandon Aiken wrote: > Define 'quick'. > > You could write a script that would transform a .csv file into an INSERT > statement and save it to an .sql file. > > Or I suppose you could do silly ODBC stuff with MS Access. > > -- > Brandon Aiken > CS/IT Systems Engineer

Re: [GENERAL] Load a csv file into a pgsql table

2006-09-19 Thread Steve Atkins
On Sep 19, 2006, at 11:15 AM, Emi Lu wrote: Greetings, *Except* copy command, are there other quick ways to load data from a csv file into a pgsql table please? There are several bulk loaders, but I believe they all use COPY behind the scenes. If copy isn't an option then your best be

Re: [GENERAL] Load a csv file into a pgsql table

2006-09-19 Thread Brandon Aiken
Define 'quick'. You could write a script that would transform a .csv file into an INSERT statement and save it to an .sql file. Or I suppose you could do silly ODBC stuff with MS Access. -- Brandon Aiken CS/IT Systems Engineer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PR