Loaded up pgsql with a pipe just today. Perl csv-preprocessor! 
./col_proc.pl ./Models.txt 1,5..8 | psql -d vin -c '\copy chrome.model
+ (id,fkey_subdivision,name,date_effective,comment) FROM STDIN CSV QUO
+TE AS '~''

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./col_proc delivers the functionality of filtering certain columns out of a csv, because postgres lacks that functionality nativaly any utilized columns must be located at the end of the csv.
Ie if your csv has (foo,bar,baz) and your sql table has (bar,baz) you can't selectivly take it from the csv. So I made ./col_proc.pl to only take columns asked for explicitly.


Evan Carroll
www.EvanCarroll.com

In reply to Re: Perl and Pipes. Share your story. by EvanCarroll
in thread Perl and Pipes. Share your story. by DigitalKitty

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