Loading DBF data

This command instructs pgloader to load data from a DBF file. Here’s an example:

LOAD DBF
        FROM http://www.insee.fr/fr/methodes/nomenclatures/cog/telechargement/2013/dbf/reg2013.dbf
    INTO postgresql://user@localhost/dbname
    WITH truncate, create table;

The dbf format command accepts the following clauses and options.

DBF Source Specification: FROM

Filename where to load the data from. This support local files, HTTP URLs and zip files containing a single dbf file of the same name. Fetch such a zip file from an HTTP address is of course supported.

DBF Loading Options: WITH

When loading from a DBF file, the following options are supported:

• truncate

  When this option is listed, pgloader issues a TRUNCATE command against the PostgreSQL target table before reading the data file.

• disable triggers

  When this option is listed, pgloader issues an ALTER TABLE … DISABLE TRIGGER ALL command against the PostgreSQL target table before copying the data, then the command ALTER TABLE … ENABLE TRIGGER ALL once the COPY is done.

  This option allows loading data into a pre-existing table ignoring the foreign key constraints and user defined triggers and may result in invalid foreign key constraints once the data is loaded. Use with care.

• create table

  When this option is listed, pgloader creates the table using the meta data found in the DBF file, which must contain a list of fields with their data type. A standard data type conversion from DBF to PostgreSQL is done.

• table name

  This options expects as its value the possibly qualified name of the table to create.