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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Woodbridge
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 6:00 PM
To: General Discussion of SQLite Database
Subject: Re: [sqlite] Issuing command for bulk import

gtxy20 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I the following commands from my application to bulk import data from 
> a tab delimited text file (over 5 million records).
> 
> -separator "\t" test.db ".import data.txt testtable"
> -separator \t test.db ".import data.txt testtable"
> 
> but I keep getting the following error - expected 2 columns of data 
> but found 1.
> 
> Now I have checked the data.txt and have confirmed that it is a 2 
> column tab delimited flat text file. I am thinking that the separator 
> is not being properly recognized because I parsed some sample data as 
> semi-colon delimted and used the following with no problems.
> 
> -separator ; test.db ".import data.txt testtable"
> 
> Any help is very much appreciated.
> 
> Celeste.

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The command line utility should tell you which line it doesn't like.
Does it always complain about even your first record?


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