# Import fixed width data with pgloader

DevFeed: [Import fixed width data with pgloader](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/import-fixed-width-data-with-pgloader-34364.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tapoueh.org/blog/2010/04/import-fixed-width-data-with-pgloader/>)

Author: Dimitri Fontaine PostgreSQL Major Contributor; Author

Published: 2010-04-27T10:01:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dimitri Fontaine](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dimitri-fontaine.md>)

Topics: [import](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/import.md>), [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>)

Tags: [file](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/file.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [import](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/import.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial showing how to import fixed-width data with pgloader. It covers the pgloader 2.x example, notes that those versions are no longer supported, points to pgloader 3.x resources, and explains that fixed-width fields may require trimming or custom reformatting.

## Source excerpt

So, following previous blog entries about importing fixed width data, from Postgres Online Journal and David (perl) Fetter, I couldn't resist following the meme and showing how to achieve the same thing with pgloader.