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From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: ERROR: extra data after last expected column
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2022 19:42:43 -0600
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On 3/7/22 17:57, Rob Sargent wrote:
> On 3/7/22 16:48, scott macri wrote:
[snip]
>>
>>>>             It pukes after the 9th column every time no matter what I
>>>>             change.
>>>>
>>>>             COPY
>>>>             option_details(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y)
>>>>             FROM '/home/dump/my_csv.csv' WITH (FORMAT CSV, DELIMITER
>>>>             '|', ENCODING
>>>>             'UTF8');
>>>>
>>     You've verified the encoding is UTF8?
>>
>>>>             Row one data in file is below:
>>>>             item a | item b | item c | item d | item e | item f | item
>>>>             g | item h |
>>>>             item i | item j | item k | item l | item m | item n | item
>>>>             o | item p |
>>>>             item q | item r | item s | item t | item u | item v | item
>>>>             w | item x |
>>>>             item y
>>>>             --- Line two would normally start here but no reason to
>>>>             show since it's
>>>>             failing above. ---
>>>>
>>>>             I get the following error:
>>>>             ERROR:  extra data after last expected column
>>>>             CONTEXT:  COPY option_details, line 1: "item a|item b|item
>>>>             c|item
>>>>             d|item e|item f|item g|item h|item i|..."
>>>>

Might there be pipe characters in one of the columns?


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