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Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up How to import tables with missing values? up vote 2 down vote favorite I use basketball data tables to get some understanding of Postgres 9.2 & phppgadmin. Therefore I would like to import csv tables into that database. However, I get: ERROR: missing data for column "year" CONTEXT: COPY coaches, postgresql copy command line 1: ""coachid";"year";"yr_order";"firstname";"lastname";"season_win";"season_loss";"playoff_win";"playoff..." with command: \copy coaches FROM '/Users/Desktop/Database/NBAPostGres/DataOriginal/coaches_data.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV; The current table has no missings. So my questions are: What did I wrong and if using a table with missing values? How to import such table or handle such structure generally(also in respect to missing values)? Data structure: coachid year yr_order firstname lastname season_win HAMBLFR01 204 2 Frank Hamblen 10 RUSSEJO01 1946 1 John Russell 22 I used: varchar integer integer character character integer postgresql bulk-load share|improve this question edited Aug 31 '14 at 23:22 Erwin Brandstetter 220k29358468 asked Aug 31 '14 at 15:17 user3833190 1 First: you chose the wrong delimiter (the error message reports there are ';' in the input, and your command specified DELIMITER ',' And, since it cannot find a , delimiter on the line, the copy command assumes the whole line consists of one field, and chokes when not finding the second (year) column. –wildplasser Aug 31 '14 at 15:27 THX. I adjusted it but get ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "year" CONTEXT:

pgsql-announce pgsql-bugs pgsql-docs pgsql-general pgsql-interfaces pgsql-jobs pgsql-novice pgsql-performance pgsql-php pgsql-sql pgsql-students Developer lists Regional lists Associations User groups Project lists Inactive lists IRC Local User Groups Featured Users International Sites Propaganda Resources Weekly News Re: Missing data for column From: azwa(at)nc(dot)com(dot)my To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org Subject: Re: Missing data for column Date: 2004-01-12 01:07:41 Message-ID: OF7123F548.A73B3489-ONFFFFFF47.0021D6F6@nc.com.my (view raw or whole thread) Thread: 2004-01-12 01:07:41 from azwa(at)nc(dot)com(dot)my Lists: pgsql-sql Hi, Sorry for the late respond. i've solved my problem. the http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25593338/how-to-import-tables-with-missing-values error comes out when the data has subsidiary column but there is no subsidiary column in table. tq Michael Glaesemann 01/09/2004 06:54 PM ZE9 To: azwa(at)nc(dot)com(dot)my cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org Subject: Re: [SQL] Missing data for column On Jan 9, 2004, at 4:15 PM, azwa(at)nc(dot)com(dot)my wrote: > Hi, > > i got an error below https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/OF7123F548.A73B3489-ONFFFFFF47.0021D6F6@nc.com.my after running copy command . the table structure > as > following : > > Table "biosadm.custinv_temp > Column | Type | > -------------+---------------+- > yr | integer | > custname | text | > invstatus | text | > custlo | text | > invno | integer | > invdate | date | > amount | numeric(10,2) | > acc | text | > salesperson | text | > > ERROR: copy: line 1, Missing data for column "subsidiary" Could you include the COPY command you're using, as well as the first couple of lines of the file you're copying from? It's hard to know what the problem is without this. Regards, Michael Glaesemann grzm myrealbox com pgsql-sql by date Next:From: beyaRecords - The home Urban musicDate: 2004-01-12 01:09:43 Subject: Select into Previous:From: Peter EisentrautDate: 2004-01-11 19:55:33 Subject: Re: Left outer join on multiple tables Privacy Policy | About PostgreSQL Copyright © 1996-2016 The PostgreSQL Global Development Group

pgsql-announce pgsql-bugs pgsql-docs pgsql-general pgsql-interfaces pgsql-jobs pgsql-novice pgsql-performance pgsql-php pgsql-sql pgsql-students Developer lists Regional lists Associations User groups Project lists https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/B290BFEC59278744B17A7A3CB14307E90387304A@NA-PA-VBE04.na.tibco.com Inactive lists IRC Local User Groups Featured Users International Sites Propaganda Resources Weekly News Help needed in skipping column for copy command From: "Amar Dhole" http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/18821/how-to-import-a-csv-file-into-a-postgresql-database-using-copy To: Cc: Subject: Help needed in skipping column for copy command Date: 2011-01-17 13:59:24 Message-ID: B290BFEC59278744B17A7A3CB14307E90387304A@NA-PA-VBE04.na.tibco.com (view raw or whole thread) Thread: extra data 2010-12-30 22:14:23 from Tony Capobianco 2010-12-30 22:23:10 from Adrian Klaver 2010-12-31 16:22:23 from tcapobianco(at)prospectiv(dot)com 2010-12-31 16:34:07 from Adrian Klaver 2010-12-31 17:05:35 from Adrian Klaver 2011-01-11 12:17:55 from "Amar Dhole" 2011-01-11 20:11:05 from Filip Rembiałkowski 2011-01-12 08:18:50 from "Amar Dhole" 2011-01-17 13:59:24 from "Amar extra data after Dhole" 2011-01-17 20:46:57 from Adrian Klaver 2011-01-17 21:14:11 from Russell Galyon Lists: pgsql-sql I have table created as follows CREATE TABLE D_2147483927_2147484848_TAB( CP VARCHAR(256) , CPR VARCHAR(256) , CHOUSENO VARCHAR(256) , CSTREET VARCHAR(256) , CLOCALITY VARCHAR(256) , CCITY VARCHAR(256) , CPROVINCE VARCHAR(256) , CCOUNTRY VARCHAR(256) , CZIP VARCHAR(256) , CCO VARCHAR(256) ) I am using copy command to copy the content of file into the table. (one.txt) PR,PRO,HOUSENO,STREET,LOCALITY,CITY,PROVINCE,COUNTRY,ZIP,CON ,,A-24 Siddi vihar apt.,Near Krishna Chowk,New Sanghvi,Pune,MH,India,411027 In the above data, data for last column is missing. copy D_2147483927_2147484848_TAB from 'D:/work/one.txt' with delimiter as ',' quote '"' csv HEADER ; I get the following error as ERROR: missing data for column "ccontains" CONTEXT: COPY d_2147483927_2147484848_tab, line 2: "q,q,A-24 Siddi vihar apt., Near Krishna Chowk,New Sanghvi,Pune,MH,India,411027 " Can any one please tell me how can I make copy command to ignore the data missing column ? as the

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