On 01/04/2017 08:32 AM, Steve Crawford wrote:
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        Numeric is expensive type - try to use float instead, maybe double.


    If I am following the OP correctly the table itself has all the
    columns declared as varchar. The data in the CSV file is a mix of
    text, date and numeric, presumably cast to text on entry into the table.


But a CSV *is* purely text - no casting to text is needed. Conversion is
only needed when the strings in the CSV are text representations of
*non*-text data.

Yeah, muddled thinking.


I'm guessing that the OP is using all text fields to deal with possibly
flawed input data and then validating and migrating the data in
subsequent steps. In that case, an ETL solution may be a better
approach. Many options, both open- closed- and hybrid-source exist.

Cheers,
Steve


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