perl DBI::Pg metacharacter \i com_list.sql

Hi

in pgsql I can execute a list of sql commands from a text file using ...

    lumbribasetest=# \i comm_list.sql

but in a perl script using DBI and the syntax...

    $com = $conn->prepare("\i comm_list.sql");
    $com->execute() or die $com->errstr;

I get the following error

    DBD::Pg::st execute failed: ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near
"i" at character 1 at /home/ann/bin/pg_go2slim.pl line 85.
    ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "i" at character 1 at
/home/ann/bin/pg_go2slim.pl line 85.

Anyone know what the syntax should be?

Thanks in advance

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Ann

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