Laurenz Albe wrote: > On Tue, 2019-07-02 at 13:09 +0530, Prakash Ramakrishnan wrote: > > We are getting below error while during import the csv file please do the needful. > > I'd say the needful thing here is for you to read the documentation... > > > -bash-4.2$ more ckr_sto.csv > > 4937880 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128790679 | | | | > > 4939355 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128639345 | | | | > > 4939744 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128684510 | | | | > > 4939750 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128683100 | | | | > > 4936360 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128567527 | | | | > > 4940308 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128781329 | | | | > > 4938006 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 4000128912554 | | | | > > 4937457 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128426574 | | | | > > > > error > > ---------- > > postgres=# \copy ckr_sto from /data/ckr_sto.csv CSV HEADER; > > ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: " 4939355 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 5000128639345 | | | | " > > CONTEXT: COPY ckr_sto, line 2, column pod_id: " 4939355 | 12 | 2015-01-05 | | 2015-01-05 05:51:47 | | | 500012863934..." > > >From the documentation of COPY: > > DELIMITER > > Specifies the character that separates columns within each row (line) of the file. > The default is a tab character in text format, a comma in CSV format. > This must be a single one-byte character. This option is not allowed when using binary format. > > Yours, > Laurenz Albe > -- > Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com in other words, ckr_sto.csv is not a csv file. it just has .csv at the end of its name. that's why psql tried to interpret the entire line as the first column: there were no commas. its contents should look something like: 4937880,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,5000128790679,,,, 4939355,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,5000128639345,,,, 4939744,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,5000128684510,,,, 4939750,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,5000128683100,,,, 4936360,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,5000128567527,,,, 4940308,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,5000128781329,,,, 4938006,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,4000128912554,,,, 4937457,12,2015-01-05,,2015-01-05 05:51:47,,,5000128426574,,,,