Tomeh, Husam wrote: > > Is there a way to skip errors during the run of the COPY command > (loading data from a file to a table) like what Oracle SQL*Loader has? > The reason I'm asking is that if the extract file from the mainframe has > an invalid character, the COPY terminates and doesn't continue loading > the rest of records. No, but it is on the TODO list: o Allow COPY to report error lines and continue This requires the use of a savepoint before each COPY line is processed, with ROLLBACK on COPY failure. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match