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* Re: CR/LF conversion (was: import error)
@ 2003-01-28 14:08  Oliver Vecernik <vecernik@aon.at>
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From: Oliver Vecernik @ 2003-01-28 14:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-sql

Oliver Vecernik schrieb:

> Hi all!
>
> I'm trying to import a text file from Suunto Dive Manager. I've got 
> following table structure: 

Arghh ...

It's always the same problem with CR/LF conversions ...

After changing it to just LFs, everthing worked like a charm. Is there 
an elegant way to handle this automatically?

Oliver

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* Re: CR/LF conversion (was: import error)
@ 2003-01-28 15:32  Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
  parent: Oliver Vecernik <vecernik@aon.at>
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread

From: Tom Lane @ 2003-01-28 15:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Oliver Vecernik <vecernik@aon.at>; +Cc: pgsql-sql

Oliver Vecernik <vecernik@aon.at> writes:
> It's always the same problem with CR/LF conversions ...

Ah, you figured it out.  (Didn't see your followup right away because of
the changed subject line.)

> After changing it to just LFs, everthing worked like a charm. Is there 
> an elegant way to handle this automatically?

There are plans to make COPY treat all common styles of newline alike.
We had to wait a release or two after taking the first step, though,
since it's an incompatible change.

			regards, tom lane



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* Re: CR/LF conversion (was: import error)
@ 2003-01-28 18:20  Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
  parent: Oliver Vecernik <vecernik@aon.at>
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread

From: Achilleus Mantzios @ 2003-01-28 18:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Oliver Vecernik <vecernik@aon.at>; +Cc: pgsql-sql

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Oliver Vecernik wrote:

> Oliver Vecernik schrieb:
>
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I'm trying to import a text file from Suunto Dive Manager. I've got
> > following table structure:
>
> Arghh ...
>
> It's always the same problem with CR/LF conversions ...
>
> After changing it to just LFs, everthing worked like a charm. Is there
> an elegant way to handle this automatically?

If your dates were german in the first place, keep them german during the
copy, otherwise you will
have wrong dates.

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> Oliver
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* Re: CR/LF conversion (was: import error)
@ 2003-02-02 08:14  Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
  parent: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread

From: Bruce Momjian @ 2003-02-02 08:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>; +Cc: Oliver Vecernik <vecernik@aon.at>; pgsql-sql


We are supporting Win32 in 7.4, so it is very likely COPY will support
carriage returns the next release.

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Tom Lane wrote:
> Oliver Vecernik <vecernik@aon.at> writes:
> > It's always the same problem with CR/LF conversions ...
> 
> Ah, you figured it out.  (Didn't see your followup right away because of
> the changed subject line.)
> 
> > After changing it to just LFs, everthing worked like a charm. Is there 
> > an elegant way to handle this automatically?
> 
> There are plans to make COPY treat all common styles of newline alike.
> We had to wait a release or two after taking the first step, though,
> since it's an incompatible change.
> 
> 			regards, tom lane
> 
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