Re: [SQL] data import via COPY, Rules + Triggers

2011-05-07 Thread Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz
On Wed, 4 May 2011 23:48:04 +0100 Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote: >I have got a database that needs to be populated, first with historical >data, then on a daily basis.[...] >Once imported, data will neither be modified nor deleted. > >Data come in denormalized CSV formats. [...] >I created inte

Re: [SQL] data import via COPY, Rules + Triggers

2011-05-07 Thread Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz
Thank your for your reply, Sergey. (By the way, I noticed you are not cc'ing/replying to the list.) On Fri, 6 May 2011 01:45:19 +0300 sergey kapustin wrote: >INSERT ... RETURNING will not work in rules i think. You cannot nest >INSERTs and its not possible to use variables. And rules are not ac

Re: [SQL] data import via COPY, Rules + Triggers

2011-05-05 Thread Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz
Thank you for your help, Sergey. That certainly works. I was wondering whether the manager.id could maybe be obtained via INSERT ... RETURNING? -- Best Regards, Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz On Thu, 5 May 2011 08:45:32 +0300 sergey kapustin wrote: >Try using (select id from manager where name

Re: [SQL] data import: 12-hour time w/o AM/PM

2011-02-08 Thread Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz
On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 18:38:44 - "Oliveiros d'Azevedo Cristina" wrote: >- Original Message - >From: "Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz" >To: >Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 6:14 PM >Subject: [SQL] data import: 12-hour time w/o AM/PM > > >I am importing data in CSV format. My technique is t

Re: [SQL] data import: 12-hour time w/o AM/PM

2011-02-08 Thread Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 08:21:47 +1300 Andrej wrote: >On 9 February 2011 07:14, Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz > wrote: >> From the date and time I want to create a timestamp. >> I know that >> - the events take place during the day, say between 10:30 and 22:30 >> - it's always a set of events at one locat

Re: [SQL] data import: 12-hour time w/o AM/PM

2011-02-08 Thread Andrej
On 9 February 2011 07:14, Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote: > From the date and time I want to create a timestamp. > I know that > - the events take place during the day, say between 10:30 and 22:30 > - it's always a set of events at one location spaced about 30min apart > - the imported data are c

Re: [SQL] data import: 12-hour time w/o AM/PM

2011-02-08 Thread Leif Biberg Kristensen
On Tuesday 8. February 2011 19.14.00 Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote: > From the date and time I want to create a timestamp. > I know that > - the events take place during the day, say between 10:30 and 22:30 > - it's always a set of events at one location spaced about 30min apart > - the imported

Re: [SQL] data import: 12-hour time w/o AM/PM

2011-02-08 Thread Oliveiros d'Azevedo Cristina
Howdy, Tarlika. If the data doesn't bring the AM/PM how are you supposed to distinguish between,say, 10pm and 10am ? Does it always start at 10:30am? So 10am never arises? Best, Oliveiros - Original Message - From: "Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Re: [SQL] data import

2010-12-28 Thread Viktor Bojović
Thanx Chris. Also i want to thank Achilleas and Pavel for help On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Chris Ruprecht wrote: > If your file is TAB delimited, you can simply do: > > \copy tablename from 'some file' > > To get details in psql, do: > psql mydatabase > and at the prompt: > \h copy > > > >

Re: [SQL] data import

2010-12-21 Thread Chris Ruprecht
If your file is TAB delimited, you can simply do: \copy tablename from 'some file' To get details in psql, do: psql mydatabase and at the prompt: \h copy On Dec 21, 2010, at 06:34 , Viktor Bojović wrote: > Hi, > > can anyone recommend me a windows and linux free tools for importing data > i

Re: [SQL] data import

2010-12-21 Thread Achilleas Mantzios
Στις Tuesday 21 December 2010 13:36:58 ο/η Pavel Stehule έγραψε: > Hello > > 2010/12/21 Viktor Bojović : > > Hi, > > > > can anyone recommend me a windows and linux free tools for importing data > > into postgre. > > Source files are CSV or excel. > Openoffice can do this job, populating a table

Re: [SQL] data import

2010-12-21 Thread Pavel Stehule
Hello 2010/12/21 Viktor Bojović : > Hi, > > can anyone recommend me a windows and linux free tools for importing data > into postgre. > Source files are CSV or excel. PostgreSQL can read a CVS files via a COPY statement. You can use a \copy metacommand too from psql Regards Pavel Stehule > Tha