The correct COPY command to load postgreSQL data from csv file that has single-quoted data?

Question

I have csv file that has contents like this:

10,53073,0,0,\'Y\',\'2008-05-30 21:46:55\',0,\'2008-05-30 21:48:04\',0,53071,2

I want to load the

Answer 1

Double single quotes (if standard_conforming_strings is on, see the docs)

COPY my_table FROM 'c:\downloads\file.csv' DELIMITERS ',' CSV QUOTE '''';

or use the non-standard PostgreSQL-specific escape string:

COPY my_table FROM 'c:\downloads\file.csv' DELIMITERS ',' CSV QUOTE E'\'';

Answer 2

Some other people who are experiencing this error may want to check the file to see if it contains a header on the first line. While it wasn't the problem in your case, it is worth noting the way to work around it:

COPY my_table FROM 'c:\downloads\file.csv' WITH DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER;

Answer 3

Never mind, I got the answer:

COPY my_table FROM 'c:\downloads\file.csv' DELIMITERS ',' CSV QUOTE '''';