On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 05:40, Jennifer Lee wrote:
> I'm trying to insert data from a delimited file using the copy command
> (COPY table FROM 'filepath') this works fine, but I would like to insert
> data into specific columns. I've read that this is possible but haven't
> been able to find documentation on how to do it. I've been able to
> insert the data as I'd like in two steps. 1. copy into a temporary table, 2.
> insert using select columns from the temporary table. Is there a way to
> do this in one step?
COPY table (column1, column2, column3 ) FROM ....
According to the docs it works in 7.3 but I have never had cause to use
that syntax myself.
Regards,
Andrew.
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