Обсуждение: Frustration with \copy
As someone famous once said:
The documentation I've found on \copy says to see the docs on copy ;) It's *supposed* to match the backend syntax, but seems a few bricks shy of a load at the moment. Anyone feel like fixing it? Seeparse_slash_copy() in src/bin/psql/copy.c. That was a while ago, but it seems to still hold true. I'm assuming it HAD to work (ca v7.4), if one just had the syntax laid out right. I have a one column .txt file on Ubuntu that I'm trying to upload, and ....\copy new_coupons '/home/rsmith/testfile.txt' \copy: parse error at "'/home/rsmith/testfile" I've looked for caveats (that I didn't expect to find) WRT the EOL delimiter. I also apostrophed the text when it didn't need it. In my very recent unemployed state I boned-up-on and did a little consulting on Oracle and MySQL, and the others did work. Now I remember why I had dark clouds associated with this command. If I have to I can build a series of INSERT statements. Yes, we are planning to upgrade to 8.3, but now I'm stuck w/ 7.4. Should I just INSERT? Thanks! Ralph
Ralph Smith <rsmith@10kinfo.com> writes:
> I have a one column .txt file on Ubuntu that I'm trying to upload, and ....
> \copy new_coupons '/home/rsmith/testfile.txt'
I think you need
\copy new_coupons from '...'
Like it says, it's supposed to match the backend syntax, modulo needing
a starting backslash and no ending semicolon.
regards, tom lane
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:25:52AM -0700, Ralph Smith wrote: > Yes, we are planning to upgrade to 8.3, but now I'm stuck w/ 7.4. Don't stay stuck there too long. It's about to end its life, as are 8.0 and 8.1, later this year. http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_Release_Support_Policy > Should I just INSERT? Nope. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <david@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fetter@gmail.com iCal: webcal://www.tripit.com/feed/ical/people/david74/tripit.ics Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate