On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 03:17:31PM +0100, A. Kretschmer wrote:
> am 10.02.2006, um 7:06:52 -0600 mailte Warren Murray folgendes:
> > This maybe be on a more complex side, but I'm a novice to say the least, how
> > can I export a text delimited file from Postgresql. The file will be
> > transferred into a specific directory for use with another system. text
> > file row sample: 396,"bigshoes.blue.7"
> >
> > My last question is how can I create a series of fixed-width text files from
> > tables and/or queries in a Postgresql database?
>
> You can use untrusted languages such as plperlu for this.
Depending on your formatting requirements, COPY or psql's \copy or
\o commands might work, or even running a psql one-liner from the
command line and redirecting the output. See the psql documentation
for formatting options.
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Michael Fuhr