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From: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
To: Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Finding error in long input file
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 15:52:54 -0700
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On 7/9/24 15:40, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jul 2024, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> 
>> bustrac=#\e scripts/insert-addrs.sql 488
>> If that raises this error:
>> environment variable PSQL_EDITOR_LINENUMBER_ARG must be set to specify 
>> a line number
> 
> Adrian,
> 
> It doesn't; it prints the contents of the file to the virtual terminal.
> Using my default small editor, joe, I scrolled back through the file
> displayed without seeing any error.

The error:

LINE 488: ...2832,1,default,'85250 Red House Rd','Paisley','OR','97636')

is giving you the line number and the data:
a) Navigate to that line number using whatever method Joe has for that.
b) Search for '85250 Red House Rd'.

> 
> Should I run BEGIN: at the psql prompt prior to entering the insert 
> command?
> Would that tell me if any rows were entered and, if so, where that stopped?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Rich
> 
> 

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Adrian Klaver
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