ERROR: missing data for column when using \copy in psql

Three possible causes: One or more lines of your file has only 4 or fewer space characters (your delimiter). One or more space characters have been escaped (inadvertently). Maybe with a backslash at the end of an unquoted value. For the (default) text format you are using, the manual explains: Backslash characters (\) can be … Read more

How does COPY work and why is it so much faster than INSERT?

There are a number of factors at work here: Network latency and round-trip delays Per-statement overheads in PostgreSQL Context switches and scheduler delays COMMIT costs, if for people doing one commit per insert (you aren’t) COPY-specific optimisations for bulk loading Network latency If the server is remote, you might be “paying” a per-statement fixed time … Read more

In PostgreSQL, how to insert data with COPY command?

COPY tbl FROM STDIN; is not supported by pgAdmin. You get a plain syntax error because Postgres gets the data as SQL code. Four possible solutions: 1. Use a multi-row INSERT instead: INSERT INTO beer(name, tags, alcohol, brewery, id, brewery_id, image) VALUES (‘Bons Voeux’, ‘blonde’, 9.5, ‘Brasserie Dupont’, 250, 130, ‘generic.png’) , (‘Boerke Blond’, ‘blonde’, … Read more

Export specific rows from a PostgreSQL table as INSERT SQL script

Create a table with the set you want to export and then use the command line utility pg_dump to export to a file: create table export_table as select id, name, city from nyummy.cimory where city = ‘tokyo’ $ pg_dump –table=export_table –data-only –column-inserts my_database > data.sql –column-inserts will dump as insert commands with column names. –data-only … Read more

How to import CSV file data into a PostgreSQL table

Take a look at this short article. The solution is paraphrased here: Create your table: CREATE TABLE zip_codes (ZIP char(5), LATITUDE double precision, LONGITUDE double precision, CITY varchar, STATE char(2), COUNTY varchar, ZIP_CLASS varchar); Copy data from your CSV file to the table: COPY zip_codes FROM ‘/path/to/csv/ZIP_CODES.txt’ WITH (FORMAT csv);

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