Hi Paul,
On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 08:19 +0900, Paul Lambert wrote:
> I'm attempting to copy from a table into a file using a select query
> inside the copy.
>
> The following is my command:
>
> COPY (SELECT DISTINCT ON (dealer_id,appraisal_id) * FROM
> appraisals_temp) TO 'c:\autodrs_appraisal_new.txt' WITH DELIMITER AS '^'
> CSV HEADER;
>
> I get the following returned:
>
> WARNING: nonstandard use of escape in a string literal
> LINE 1: ...ealer_id,appraisal_id) * FROM appraisals_temp) TO 'C:\autodr...
> ^
> HINT: Use the escape string syntax for escapes, e.g., E'\r\n'.
>
> ERROR: relative path not allowed for COPY to file
> SQL state: 42602
>
>
> (The caret character is pointing to the M in FROM)
I believe that on Windows you need to use double backslashes, i.e., 'c:\
\autodrs_appraisal_new.txt', although the regular slash may also work,
i.e., 'c:/autodrs_appraisal_new.txt'.
Joe