Re: What text format is this and can I import it into Postgres?

On 08/22/12 17:23, Mike Christensen wrote:
> I'd like to import this data into a Postgres database:
>
> http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/12354500/Data/SR24/dnload/sr24.zip
>
> However, I'm not quite sure what format this is.  It's definitely not
> CSV.  Here's an example of a few rows:
>
> ~01001~^~0100~^~Butter, salted~^~BUTTER,WITH
> SALT~^~~^~~^~Y~^~~^0^~~^6.38^4.27^8.79^3.87

<http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/12354500/Data/SR24/sr24_doc.pdf>

Section "Relation Files" (Logical page 25)

HTH

Bosco.