[snip] > I'm afraid this is a bit too indirect IMHO. As I want to know the > line number in which an error occurs, I would have to traverse the > error-tolerant table with limit 1 offset N, and report N when an > error occurs, hoping that the row order is identical to the line > order in the csv file. So why don't you insert the line number too in the error tolerant table when you do the import ? Then you will have the line number all the time. Not that I would understand what will you do with that line number, once you already have all the data in the table... Cheers, Csaba. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq