Loading quoted numbers into snowflake table from CSV with COPY TO <TABLE> - csv

Question

I have a problem with loading CSV data into snowflake table. Fields are wrapped in double quote marks and hence there is problem with importing them into table.
I know that COPY TO has CSV specific option FIELD_OPTIONALLY_ENCLOSED_BY = '"'but it's not working at all.
Here are some pices of table definition and copy command:
CREATE TABLE ...
(
GamePlayId NUMBER NOT NULL,
etc...
....);
COPY INTO ...
FROM ...csv.gz'
FILE_FORMAT = (TYPE = CSV
STRIP_NULL_VALUES = TRUE
FIELD_DELIMITER = ','
SKIP_HEADER = 1
error_on_column_count_mismatch=false
FIELD_OPTIONALLY_ENCLOSED_BY = '"'
)
ON_ERROR = "ABORT_STATEMENT"
;
Csv file looks like this:
"3922000","14733370","57256","2","3","2","2","2019-05-23 14:14:44",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000","1000,00000000","1000,00000000","1317,50400000","1166,50000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000",",00000000"
I get an error
'''Numeric value '"3922000"' is not recognized '''
I'm pretty sure it's because NUMBER value is interpreted as string when snowflake is reading "" marks, but since I use
FIELD_OPTIONALLY_ENCLOSED_BY = '"'
it shouldn't even be there... Does anyone have some solution to this?

Answer 1

Maybe something is incorrect with your file? I was just able to run the following without issue.
1. create the test table:
CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE
dbNameHere.schemaNameHere.stacko_58322339 (
num1 NUMBER,
num2 NUMBER,
num3 NUMBER);
2. create test file, contents as follows
1,2,3
"3922000","14733370","57256"
3,"2",1
4,5,"6"
3. create stage and put file in stage
4. run the following copy command
COPY INTO dbNameHere.schemaNameHere.STACKO_58322339
FROM #stageNameHere/stacko_58322339.csv.gz
FILE_FORMAT = (TYPE = CSV
STRIP_NULL_VALUES = TRUE
FIELD_DELIMITER = ','
SKIP_HEADER = 0
ERROR_ON_COLUMN_COUNT_MISMATCH=FALSE
FIELD_OPTIONALLY_ENCLOSED_BY = '"'
)
ON_ERROR = "CONTINUE";
4. results
+-----------------------------------------------------+--------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+
| file | status | rows_parsed | rows_loaded | error_limit | errors_seen | first_error | first_error_line | first_error_character | first_error_column_name |
|-----------------------------------------------------+--------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------|
| stageNameHere/stacko_58322339.csv.gz | LOADED | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL |
+-----------------------------------------------------+--------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+
1 Row(s) produced. Time Elapsed: 2.436s
5. view the records
>SELECT * FROM dbNameHere.schemaNameHere.stacko_58322339;
+---------+----------+-------+
| NUM1 | NUM2 | NUM3 |
|---------+----------+-------|
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3922000 | 14733370 | 57256 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
+---------+----------+-------+
Can you try with a similar test as this?
EDIT: A quick look at your data shows many of your numeric fields appear to start with commas, so something definitely amiss with the data.

Answer 2

Assuming your numbers are European formatted , decimal place, and . thousands, reading the numeric formating help, it seems Snowflake does not support this as input. I'd open a feature request.
But if you read the column in as text then use REPLACE like
SELECT '100,1234'::text as A
,REPLACE(A,',','.') as B
,TRY_TO_DECIMAL(b, 20,10 ) as C;
gives:
A B C
100,1234 100.1234 100.1234000000
safer would be to strip placeholders first like
SELECT '1.100,1234'::text as A
,REPLACE(A,'.') as B
,REPLACE(B,',','.') as C
,TRY_TO_DECIMAL(C, 20,10 ) as D;