On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 19:35 -0700, Bill Todd wrote:
> Using 8.3.3 I am trying to import a CSV file using the following copy 
> command.
> 
> copy billing.contact from 'c:/export/contact.csv'
> with delimiter as ','
> null as ''
> csv quote as '"';
> 
> The following record record causes an error because the third field, "", 
> is a null date and causes the error following the record. How can I 
> change the copy command above so that a null date or number will be 
> imported as null? I do not care if empty strings are imported as an 
> empty string or a null.

null as IS NULL



> 
> Bill
> 
> "IASAcctSys","09/09/1995","",...
> 
> 
> ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type date: ""
> CONTEXT:  COPY contact, line 6, column date: ""
> 
> ********** Error **********
> 
> ERROR: invalid input syntax for type date: ""
> SQL state: 22007
> Context: COPY contact, line 6, column date: ""
> 
> 
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