From 4f102d69c7779799e19d77beef26d806a849af71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dimitri Fontaine Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:55:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add a README with some details. --- README.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a6bb2cf --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +# pgloader + +`pgloader` is a client side data loader for +[PostgreSQL](http://www.postgresql.org/). It knows how to find erroneous +rows in your input so that the good ones are loaded in the database and the +bad ones accumulated in a *reject file* for later processing. + +`pgloader` supports `CSV` file format, *fixed sized* file format and *text* +file format with some advanced parsing options so as to be able to read +*Informix* `UNLOAD` output. + +`pgloader` implements many interesting features such as column reformating +in python, user defined constant columns, column repamming between file and +database table, and some more: have a look at the tutorial. + +## complete tutorial + +See [pgloader tutorial](http://tapoueh.org/pgsql/pgloader.html) for a +complete tutorial explaining in details how to setup and use pgloader. + +## credits + +pgloader is sponsored by [2ndQuadrant](http://www.2ndquadrant.com/), we +offer commercial support and training if you need professional help.