Re: Mass Import/Generate PKs

Yes you can use the copy command. Check for


copy TABLE NAME from 'c:\\bcpdata\\Files\\FILENAME.txt' with delimiter
as '\t'  NULL as '';

When creating a table, use an incremental column (data type is serial).
Hope the above helps.

- Goutam


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of
> Hunter Hillegas
> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 3:01 PM
> To: PostgreSQL
> Subject: [GENERAL] Mass Import/Generate PKs
>
>
> I have a CSV file with 400,000 lines of email mailing list
> information that I need to migrate to a new PostgreSQL database.
>
> Each line has all the info I need except a PK (I usually use
> an int4 column for a PK).
>
> If the file were smaller I would probably just use Excel to
> pop in a PK and then just load into the table...
>
> Since Excel chokes on files greater than 65k lines, this won't work.
>
> Is there a way to get this done inside psql for instance? Or
> another route?
>
> Thanks,
> Hunter
>
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