Correct way to use copy Postgres jdbc

Question

Unable to use copy command with jdbc Postgres. Whats wrong with the below code snippet sample.

public boolean loadReportToDB(String date) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        Connection connection = DBUtil.getConnection("POSTGRESS");
        String fileName = "C:/_0STUFF/NSE_DATA/nseoi_" + date + ".csv";
        String sql = "\\copy fno_oi FROM 'C:\\_0STUFF\\NSE_DATA\\nseoi_27102017.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV header";
        try {
            PreparedStatement ps = connection.prepareStatement(sql);
            System.out.println("query"+ps.toString());
            int rowsaffected = ps.executeUpdate();
            System.out.println("INT+" + rowsaffected);
            return true;
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return false;
    }

org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: syntax error at or near "\"
  Position: 1
    at org.

if we use

String sql = "copy fno_oi FROM 'C:\\_0STUFF\\NSE_DATA\\nseoi_27102017.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV header";

then no rows are updated

postgres version postgresql-10.0-1-windows-x64

Cytochemistry

You don't need the \\ in from of the copy statement. And what's the error you're getting? – Refined

Does the file C:\\_0STUFF\\NSE_DATA\\nseoi_27102017.csv exist on the server? And does it get loaded if you test the statement manually? – Refined

postgres-# \copy fno_oi FROM 'C:_0STUFF\NSE_DATA\nseoi_27102017.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV header COPY 212 – Cytochemistry

the same command works from sql shell. – Cytochemistry

\copy is a psql command not a SQL command you need to use copy instead: postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-copy.html or use the CopyManager API: jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/publicapi/org/postgresql/copy/… – Outpoint

Thanks for your suggestion. String sql = "copy fno_oi FROM 'C:/_0STUFF/NSE_DATA/nseoi_27102017.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV header"; try { CopyManager copyManager = new CopyManager((BaseConnection)connection); copyManager.copyIn(sql); -------------------------------------------------------------------------- the above command works but throws an exception.Seems like problem with jdbc driver postgresql.org/message-id/… org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: Received CommandComplete – Cytochemistry

Answer 1

This works for me:

try (Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(connUrl, myUid, myPwd)) {
    long rowsInserted = new CopyManager((BaseConnection) conn)
            .copyIn(
                "COPY table1 FROM STDIN (FORMAT csv, HEADER)", 
                new BufferedReader(new FileReader("C:/Users/gord/Desktop/testdata.csv"))
                );
    System.out.printf("%d row(s) inserted%n", rowsInserted);
}

Using copyIn(String sql, Reader from) has the advantage of avoiding issues where the PostgreSQL server process is unable to read the file directly, either because it lacks permissions (like reading files on my Desktop) or because the file is not local to the machine where the PostgreSQL server is running.

Blastoderm

Thanks a lot! You saved the day Gord, the CopyManager is what I was looking to work with STDIN – Scully

Answer 2

As your input file is stored locally on the computer running your Java program you need to use the equivalent of copy ... from stdin in JDBC because copy can only access files on the server (where Postgres is running).

To do that use the CopyManager API provided by the JDBC driver.

Something along the lines:

Connection connection = DBUtil.getConnection("POSTGRES");

String fileName = "C:/_0STUFF/NSE_DATA/nseoi_" + date + ".csv";
String sql = "copy fno_oi FROM stdin DELIMITER ',' CSV header";

BaseConnection pgcon = (BaseConnection)conection;
CopyManager mgr = new CopyManager(pgcon);

try {

  Reader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(new File(fileName)));
  long rowsaffected  = mgr.copyIn(sql, in);

  System.out.println("Rows copied: " + rowsaffected);

} catch (SQLException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
}

Outpoint

what's the recommended way if postgress server and application server are different – Cytochemistry

@MrinalBhattacharjee CopyManager – Inerrable