I would replace the ',' with something else such as a '#' first then replace the decimal with the ',' then replace the '#' with a decimal '.'
If you do the ',' with a '.' first then all of them will be '.' and you wont know which ones to change. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of A. Kretschmer Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:38 AM To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Import German Decimal Numbers am Wed, dem 07.05.2008, um 14:25:13 +0200 mailte Jan Christian Dittmer folgendes: > Hi! > > I want to import some data from an ascii file using the COPY sql-command. > Unfortunatly the decimal numbers are given in german format, meaning the > decimal point is replaced by a comma (, instead of .). Is there any > possiblility > to switch the clients behaviourr (like 'set datestyle') for > interpretation of decimals? Don't know, but you can replace the , to . within the ascii-file (sed, awk, ...). Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG-ID: 0x3FFF606C, privat 0x7F4584DA http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- This message has been scanned by MailScanner -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
