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 1 | UK Postcodes
 2 | ============
 3 | 
 4 | A CSV of UK postal 
 5 | [out codes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom#Outward_code).
 6 | 
 7 | - [MySQL Import Example](#mysql-import-example)
 8 | - [PostgreSQL Import Example](#postgresql-import-example)
 9 | - [MongoDB Import Example](#mongodb-import-example)
10 | 
11 | ## Contributing
12 | 
13 | Please feel free to add contributions and corrections to the CSV. Use a text
14 | editor as office applications and suites may add unnecessary formatting.
15 | 
16 | ## MySQL Import Example
17 | 
18 | Table creation.
19 | 
20 | ~~~sql
21 | CREATE TABLE outcodes (
22 | 	id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
23 | 	postcode VARCHAR(5) NOT NULL,
24 | 	eastings INT(7) NOT NULL,
25 | 	northings INT(7) NOT NULL,
26 | 	latitude DECIMAL(10, 8) NOT NULL,
27 | 	longitude DECIMAL(11, 8) NOT NULL,
28 | 	town VARCHAR(255) NULL,
29 | 	region VARCHAR(255) NULL,
30 | 	country VARCHAR(3) NULL,
31 | 	country_string VARCHAR(255) NULL,
32 | 	PRIMARY KEY(id)
33 | );
34 | ~~~
35 | 
36 | Import CSV file to table.
37 | 
38 | ~~~bash
39 | mysql -u root -p --local-infile=1
40 | ~~~
41 | 
42 | ~~~sql
43 | LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/path/to/postcodes.csv'
44 | INTO TABLE databasename.outcodes
45 | FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
46 | IGNORE 1 LINES
47 | (
48 | 	@postcode, @eastings, @northings, @latitude, @longitude, @town, @region,
49 | 	@country, @country_string
50 | )
51 | SET
52 | 	postcode=@postcode, eastings=@eastings, northings=@northings,
53 | 	latitude=@latitude, longitude=@longitude, town=@town, region=@region,
54 | 	country=@country, country_string=@country_string
55 | ;
56 | ~~~
57 | 
58 | ## PostgreSQL Import Example
59 | 
60 | Table creation.
61 | 
62 | ~~~sql
63 | CREATE TABLE outcodes (
64 | 	postcode VARCHAR(5) NOT NULL,
65 | 	eastings INT(7) NOT NULL,
66 | 	northings INT(7) NOT NULL,
67 | 	latitude DECIMAL(10, 8) NOT NULL,
68 | 	longitude DECIMAL(11, 8) NOT NULL,
69 | 	town VARCHAR(255) NULL,
70 | 	region VARCHAR(255) NULL,
71 | 	country VARCHAR(3) NULL,
72 | 	country_string VARCHAR(255) NULL,
73 | );
74 | ~~~
75 | 
76 | 
77 | Import CSV file to table.
78 | Navigate to the directory where your postcodes.csv is stored.
79 | 
80 | ~~~bash
81 | psql [your_database_name]
82 | ~~~
83 | 
84 | ~~~sql
85 | \copy outcodes FROM 'postcodes.csv' WITH HEADER CSV
86 | ~~~
87 | 
88 | Add an additional 'id' column to make corrections and/or updates easier.
89 | 
90 | ~~~sql
91 | ALTER TABLE outcodes ADD id serial NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY;
92 | ~~~
93 | 
94 | ## MongoDB Import Example
95 | 
96 | ~~~bash
97 | mongoimport -d [your_database_name] -c [collection_name] --type csv --file postcodes.csv --headerline
98 | ~~~
99 | 


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