> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Eckermann [mailto:jeckermann@verio.net]
> Sent: 19 July 2001 18:30
> To: veronique DROUELLE; pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
> Subject: RE: [INTERFACES] URGENT - How to export data from
> EXCEL to Postgr eSQL ou pgaccess as you want...
>
>
> You will need to remove the double quotes that Excel puts
> around all fields with commas in them (seeing this is not
> CSV, I don't know why Excel does this), unless you are happy
> to see those quotes in your data. You will need to check for
> embedded tabs in your data, or your fields may not line up
> correctly. One way to do this: 1. Save the Excel file as CSV
> 2. Remove all tabs from the file (perhaps replace with
> spaces) 3. Open the edited CSV file using Excel 4. Save again
> as tab-delimited text 5. Edit out double quotes and carriage
> returns. You will now have a file suitable for importing using COPY.
Or just use the Import Wizard in pgAdmin
(www.greatbridge.org/project/pgadmin) which will happily deal with quotes
for you.
Regards, Dave.