Re: [GENERAL] psql -e problem

On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Sounds like an OS bug.

o...k...

Linux is famous for this sort of behaviour, I shoulda guessed.


Anyone else with perhaps a more helpful idea?


Simon.



>
> > Just upgraded to 6.4.2 from 6.3.2 and I've got a bit of a problem.
> >
> > Compiled, installed, regressed(?) all went fine. Come to load up the old
> > datbases, and it appears that \. is not being recognised as end-of-input
> > in the database dump file (I did a pg_dumpall -z, if that helps).
> >
> > For example, I have some data as follows, which should be read in up to
> > the \. line, but the \. lines appears to not be recognised/ handled,
> > causing the following lines to be treated as data, which leads to the
> > commands not being executed...
> >
> >
> > COPY stats FROM stdin;
> > 11.5    2.5     07-11-1998
> > 12      3       07-16-1998
> > 12      3       07-19-1998
> > 14      4       07-30-1998
> > 14      4       08-06-1998
> > 15      4.5     08-15-1998
> > 15      4.5     08-24-1998
> > 16.5    5       08-30-1998
> > 18.5    5       09-13-1998
> > 20      5.5     09-20-1998
> > 23      6       10-05-1998
> > \.
> > \connect template1 simon
> > create database members;
> >
> > This \connect line is being treated as data, as is the create.. line,
> > which means the members database is not created.
> >
> > Apart from separating out all the data (COPY blocks) from the command
> > lines, and running two or more separate routines to update the data, is
> > there anything I can do?
> >
> >
> > Si.
> >
> >
> > --
> >   "Is it farther to New York or by plane?"
> >
> >    Simon Drabble                  madlather@syspac.com
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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   Simon Drabble                  madlather@syspac.com