To direct copy to continue after encountering conversion errors, specify the on_error option. To direct copy to continue until a specified number of conversion errors have occurred, specify the error_count option (instead of on_error). By default, copy terminates when an error occurs while converting a table row into file format.

When on_error is set to continue, copy displays a warning whenever a conversion error occurs, skips the row that caused the error, and continues processing the remaining rows. At the end of the processing, copy displays a message that indicates how many warnings were issued and how many rows were successfully copied.

Setting on_error to continue does not affect how copy responds to errors other than conversion errors. Any other error, such as an error writing the file, terminates the copy operation.