Re: could not open file xxxx for writing: Permission denied

> Hello,
>
> Using PostgreSQL 8.1.4, pgadmin III 1.6.0 in WinXP I tried to export a table
> using COPY (first time in postgresql, did many times in Sybase):
>
> COPY ml50jtsk_datum_v TO 'c:/postgresql/ml50jtsk.out';
>
> I got the following errormessage:
>
> ERROR: could not open file "c:/postgresql/ml50jtsk.out" for writing:
> Permission denied
> SQL state: 42501
>
> What's wrong? Does it mean that the database user has no writing permission
> out of the database? How I did a pg_dump then few weeks ago?

Yes, that's what it means. pg_dump works because it uses the clients account, but copy uses the servers. To use client
permissionswith copy in psql, use \copy  
instead.

/Magnus