Importing CSV and commas in string values

Question

I use postgres 8.4 and currently trying to import a trivial CSV:

Here is a table:

CREATE TABLE public.sample (
  a VARCHAR, 
  b VARCHAR
) WITHOUT OI         


        

Answer 1

Clearly you have a CSV file while you try to import it as text format. Use:

COPY sample FROM '/tmp/sample.csv' FORMAT CSV;

The default delimiter for CSV format is the comma (,) anyway. More in the manual. Syntax is for current version 9.1. For PostgreSQL 8.4:

COPY sample FROM '/tmp/sample.csv' CSV;