Re: CSV import

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Oliver Vecernik wrote:

> Hi again!
>
> After investigating a little bit further my CSV import couldn't work
> because of following reasons:
>
> 1. CSV files are delimited with CR/LF
See below

> 2. text fields are surrounded by double quotes

in vi
:1,$ s/"//g

>
> Is there a direct way to import such files into PostgreSQL?
>
> I would like to have something like MySQL provides:
>
> LOAD DATA [LOW_PRIORITY | CONCURRENT] [LOCAL] INFILE 'file_name.txt'
> [REPLACE | IGNORE]
> INTO TABLE tbl_name
> [FIELDS
> [TERMINATED BY '\t']
> [[OPTIONALLY] ENCLOSED BY '']
> [ESCAPED BY '\\' ]
> ]
> [LINES TERMINATED BY '\n']

make it
[LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n']

> [IGNORE number LINES]
> [(col_name,...)]
>
> Has anybody written such a function already?
>
> Regards,
> Oliver
>
> --
> VECERNIK Datenerfassungssysteme
> A-2560 Hernstein, Hofkogelgasse 17
> Tel.: +43 2633 47530, Fax: DW 50
> http://members.aon.at/vecernik
>
>
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
>

==================================================================
Achilleus Mantzios
S/W Engineer
IT dept
Dynacom Tankers Mngmt
Nikis 4, Glyfada
Athens 16610
Greece
tel: +30-10-8981112
fax: +30-10-8981877
email: achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com
mantzios(at)softlab(dot)ece(dot)ntua(dot)gr