Copy and xml files

COPY works for whole tables, and can't append rows. You're going to have to
escape your linebreaks and tabs to use COPY ... As I recall, you can specify
your own custom column and row delimiters... You might consider creating some
type of primary key for the table. A "serial" column would work fine.

If you want to insert a single row into a table, you'll need to do it with an
insert statement. something like :

# psql your_database -c "insert into t1 (xml_column) values ('`cat
/tmp/file.xml | sed -e \"s/'/''/g\"`');"

HTH,

CG

--- C G <csgcsg39@hotmail.com> wrote:

Dear All,

I'm trying to insert an xml file into my database. I have a table with a
single text column. My intention is just to have the xml file take up one
row in the table.

I've tried the command

COPY t1 FROM '/tmp/file.xml';

but keep getting the error message

ERROR: extra data after last expected column
CONTEXT: COPY t1, line 32: " <cn type="integer"> 1 </cn>"

Thanks for any help

Colin

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Chris Gamache wrote:

COPY works for whole tables, and can't append rows. ...

Wrong!

I use copy regularly to add data to a table.

...snip...

--- C G <csgcsg39@hotmail.com> wrote:

Dear All,

I'm trying to insert an xml file into my database. I have a table with a
single text column. My intention is just to have the xml file take up one
row in the table.

I've tried the command

COPY t1 FROM '/tmp/file.xml';

but keep getting the error message

ERROR: extra data after last expected column
CONTEXT: COPY t1, line 32: " <cn type="integer"> 1 </cn>"

Thanks for any help

Colin

If you are trying to import the whole file into one 'column' of a table, you will need to escape the "end of line" [carriage return/line feed] characters.

I believe this question has been asked many times, and the method of importing this type of data is in the archives.

Please check the archives.