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Karel Zak wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> attached is a patch that implements "COPY view TO" feature.
>
> Karel
>
> Example:
>
> test=# CREATE VIEW vvv AS SELECT a.id, a.data AS d1, b.data AS d2 FROM
> tab a, tab2 b WHERE a.id=b.fk;
> CREATE VIEW
> test=# COPY vvv TO '/tmp/test';
> COPY
> test=# \! cat /tmp/test
> 1 aaa AAA
> 2 bbb BBB
> 3 ccc CCC
> 4 ddd DDD
>
>
> --
> Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz>
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