Thanks again guys =) I've managed to use temp table to load the data and create new table/s Now, how do I convert a text field with 'YY/MM/DD' to date field 'DD/MM/YY'? On 13/08/07, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Paul Lambert <paul.lambert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> novice wrote: > >>> db5=> \copy maintenance FROM test.txt > > > I don't think copy allows you to leave columns out of your input file - > > even if they belong to a sequence. > > Well, it does, but you have to specify which ones are being provided, > eg \copy tab(col1,col4,col7, ... > > But the long and the short of it is that COPY doesn't see any column > delimiters at all in this file. We're guessing as to what the OP > intends the columns to be, but whatever he wants, he needs something > other than an uncertain number of spaces to separate them ... > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to > choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not > match > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq