The default quote character is ", so I believe it is expecting quotes to be around text fields. That is the norm for CSV files. Susan -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bryan Nelson Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:04 AM To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Error Importing CSV File I am having problems importing a CSV file of sample data for testing in a web app. Columns & Types ------------------- zip_code - text lattitude - float8 longitude - float8 city - text state - text county - text Some Sample Data From CSV File ------------------------------ 96799,-7.209975,-170.7716,PAGO PAGO,AS,AMERICAN SAMOA 96941,7.138297,151.503116,POHNPEI,FM,FEDERATED STATES OF MICRO 96942,7.138297,151.503116,CHUUK,FM,FEDERATED STATES OF MICRO COPY Command ------------ COPY geo_data FROM 'geo_data2.csv' DELIMITERS ',' CSV; Error Message ------------- ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "96799" CONTEXT: COPY geo_data, line 1, column id: "96799" I can't figure out why it keeps choking with "invalid syntax for integer" since the field was created as "text". Any and all help greatly appreciated! -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
