Re: create database from text file, to delete columns

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:52 AM, e-letter <inpost@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 02/04/2008, Sean Davis <sdavis2@mail.nih.gov> wrote:
>  > No.  You can easily use python, perl, R, java, or some other language
>  >  to parse the file and generate the create table statements.  However,
>  >  if you just need to remove some columns, you do not really need the
>  >  database at all.  Just use a little script (again, in a scripting
>  >  language) to remove the columns you like.
>  >
>  I'm afraid cannot easily use awk, perl, nor rexx (simply beyond my
>  comprehension). So I want to return to the database way as the nearest
>  to a spreadsheet.
>
>  I tried importing my csv file using the copy command but nothing
>  happens. I created a blank database and then issued the command:
>
>  COPY databasename FROM '/filename.csv' | STDIN WITH DELIMITER ',' NULL
>  '0.0E0' CSV

You will still need to create all the columns for your table first.
Also, I think you'll want to look at the documentation for the copy
command, as what you give above should probably result in an error.

Sean