On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:13 AM, Takahiro Itagaki
<itagaki.takahiro@oss.ntt.co.jp> wrote:
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> Jaime Casanova <jcasanov@systemguards.com.ec> wrote:
>
>> ah! this is because COPY doesn't follow inherited tables... should it?
>
> Yes. You can use "COPY (SELECT * FROM a) TO " instead to copy all tuples.
>
> http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/sql-copy.html
> | COPY can only be used with plain tables, not with views.
> | However, you can write COPY (SELECT * FROM viewname) TO ....
>
> Should we add "or parent tables" after "not with views"?
> To be exact, it would be "'COPY a parent table TO' only copies
> tuples in the parent table and does not copy inherited child tables".
>
+1 on make this clear on the docs
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Atentamente,
Jaime Casanova
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