Re: Error Handling with COPY command - Mailing list pgsql-admin

In the meantime, there is a replacement for COPY on pgFoundry. I
think it's called pgloader...

On Apr 5, 2006, at 6:42 PM, Tomeh, Husam wrote:
> I think that's still on the TODO list. A very useful feature that I've
> looking forward to as well.
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Keith
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 11:14 AM
> To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
> Subject: [ADMIN] Error Handling with COPY command
>
> I was wondering if anything has been implemented or is in the works
> in a
>
> future version - where when provided setting / flag / max number of
> errors - the COPY command would not fail on the error and continue
> loading data. It would then put the data that didn't load due to error
> in another location (i.e. an error data file, or an error table). When
> performing bulk data loads, it would be useful to have this type of
> feature, and avoid the need to vacuum the table after a large data
> load
> quits due to one error.
>
> I have worked with Oracle in the past, and it has a similar feature
> the
> SQL Loader. A threshold is set to x, and it will only stop after x
> number of errors were encountered.
>
> I have seen a few threads on this subject - I was wondering if this
> is /
>
> will be included in a future version, or whether the concept is dead
> because of its potential risks (i.e. the COPY command would be told to
> ignore errors and continue).
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
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