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On 20/10/2009 05:55, Nate Randall wrote:
> I am new to Postgre, having formerly used Filemaker Pro.  I need to
> import CSV files into Postgre which contain some empty string "" values
> in several date-type fields.  I am able to import the CSV files into
> Postgre with the COPY FROM command if the datefields are converted to
> text fields in Postgre.  However, I need some method of "converting" the
> empty string "" values into NULL values after import, so that I can
> change the date fields back to date-type.  Any suggestions on how this
> could be accomplished?

How about:

  update <table> set <column> = null where <column> = '';

?


Ray.

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