Jeff Frost <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Chris Hoover wrote: >> Why go through all of this when COPY can handle this for you? All I need to >> know is the syntax to tell copy that the strings are quoted by a single >> quote. > Probably you want to try something like: > COPY foo FROM '/tmp/foo' WITH CSV QUOTE AS '\''; Actually I'd recommend WITH CSV QUOTE AS '''' ... the backslash syntax is nonstandard and will bite you eventually. Doubled quote works in every version of PG. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(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