From: | "Silvio Macedo" <smacedo(at)calmetric(dot)pt> |
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To: | <pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | COPY FROM STDIN fails inside Pl/pgSQL function or in PgAdmin , but ok in psql |
Date: | 2005-08-29 18:43:05 |
Message-ID: | 000501c5acc9$83747aa0$0501a8c0@plexus |
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Hi,
(Pg 8.0.3 on Windows XP SP2, client psql, ODBC and pgAdmin )
Summary: COPY FROM STDIN works on psql, but not inside a Pl/pgSQL
function, nor a pgAdmin SQL window, and not on a ODBC command...
I would appreciate if anybody could explain me why this doesn't work:
-- create table
CREATE TABLE temp_data (
xx float,
yy float,
ww float,
hh float) WITHOUT OIDS;
-- create function
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION check_data(text) RETURNS integer AS $func$
BEGIN
EXECUTE 'COPY temp_data(xx,yy,ww,hh) FROM STDIN WITH DELIMITER ''|'';'
||'\n' || $1 || '\n\\.';
-- just to get something out
return length($1);
END;
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
and then:
select check_data('1.0|2.0|3.0|4.0');
It gives out:
ERROR: syntax error at or near "1.0" at character 60
QUERY: COPY temp_data(xx,yy,ww,hh) FROM STDIN WITH DELIMITER '|';
1.0|2.0|3.0|4.0
\.
CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "check_data" line 8 at execute statement
Actually, if I do the COPY within a pgAdmin SQL command prompt, it
also fails. For example, the following, alone, without any plpgsql -
COPY temp_data(xx,yy,ww,hh) FROM STDIN WITH DELIMITER '|';
1.0|2.0|3.0|4.0
\.
will fail.
If on the other hand, I execute these lines on a psql prompt, it works
just fine.
Any help will be appreciated.
Regards
Silvio
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