# Influxdb writing data query

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**Created:** [November 20, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-writing-data-query/3156 "2017-11-20T17:51:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shreya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Shreya](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Shreya)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-writing-data-query/3156/1 "2017-11-20T17:51:34Z")

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I am accessing influxdb([http://localhost:8083/](http://localhost:8083/)) from Windows. I want to insert my data from a text file with line protocol.

The format of text file is : ‘ice,category=Arctic value=12.72 199001’

```
                                    'ice,category=Antarctic value=2.72 199001'

```

My writing data query is : curl -i -XPOST ‘[http://localhost:8083/write?db=CIS660](http://localhost:8083/write?db=CIS660)’ --data-binary @E:\FALL17\CIS660\Project\final\insert.txt

But I am getting ‘Invalid field error’. I have also tried it by adding quotes but getting the same error.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/influxdata/original/1X/f37d54c6828e9b818e9b1d7a3bd969fc86bb9df2.jpg)

Also, when I am manually adding the data the timestamp is ‘1970-01-01T00:00:00.000199001Z’ instead of just 199001 (YYYYMM).

Can someone please guide me?