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Asked: 2026-05-16T03:15:37+00:00

Using MySQL Administrator GUI tool I have exported some data tables retrieved from an

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Using MySQL Administrator GUI tool I have exported some data tables retrieved from an sql dumpfile to csv files.

I then tried to import these CSV files into a PostgreSQL database using the postgres COPY command. I’ve tried entering

COPY articles FROM '[insert .csv dir here]' DELIMITERS ',' CSV;

and also the same command without the delimiters part.

I get an error saying

ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "id"
CONTEXT: COPY articles, line 1, column id: "id"

In conclusion my question is what are some thoughts and solutions to this problem? Could it possibly be something to do with the way I created the csv files? or have I made a rookie mistake elsewhere?

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you have header columns just add the header qualifier to the copy statement as per
    documentation to skip that line
    http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/sql-copy.html

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