On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 03:27:26PM -0400, Walter Vaughan wrote: > Admin_=# COPY DATA_IMPORT_CUSTOMER FROM '/tmp/sold.pg' delimiter '|' null > ''; > ERROR: missing data for column "processed_timestamp" > CONTEXT: COPY data_import_customer, line 1: "(xxx) xxx-xxxx||Mary|Smith|76 > Crest Street||Jersey City|NJ|07302-0000|New Jersey|USA||XXX|XXX-1..." The table you posted has 42 columns; at least one line in the file doesn't have that many fields. Here's an easy way to count the number of fields on each line in the file: awk -F'|' '{print NR, NF}' /tmp/sold.pg Suggestion: fix the file so each line has the same number of fields as the table has columns. -- Michael Fuhr