Re: COPY FROM and sequences

On Jan 8, 2007, at 9:20 PM, Matthew Terenzio wrote:

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> On Jan 8, 2007, at 9:13 PM, Matthew Terenzio wrote:
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>> On Jan 8, 2007, at 8:55 PM, Michael Glaesemann wrote:
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>>> On Jan 8, 2007, at 19:20 , Matthew Terenzio wrote:
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>>>> Is it true that you can't use COPY FROM to fill a table with a
>>>> SERIAL type column?
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>>>> Or rather, how does one approach that situation most effectively?
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>>> Could you give an example of what you're trying to do? What errors
>>> are you getting?
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>> Just trying to fill a large number of rows in a table that uses a
>> serial for the primary key, from a comma delimited file
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>>  invalid input syntax for integer: ""
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>> I'm not quoting anything, just leaving the the delimited field empty
>> and expected a seuqence would fill the column as it would in an
>> insert
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> Looks like WITH NULL AS '' might work

I see! you've just got to specify the columns in the COPY FROM
statement and it will use the defaults for those columns not listed



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