From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | "Eric Matthew Finnin" <emf(dot)storage(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: The COPY command and csv files |
Date: | 2006-04-18 19:26:44 |
Message-ID: | 18175.1145388404@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Eric Matthew Finnin" <emf(dot)storage(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Apparently, you can't use the COPY command to copy a whole file
> without being a super user?
You can, but not like that. The point of the restriction is that the
database may be running on a different machine from where the user is,
and non-superusers shouldn't have access to the filesystem that the
database can see. "COPY FROM 'filename'" is a server-side operation
and reads the server's filesystem, so it's allowed only to superusers.
However, psql (and probably most other client-side tools) have a way
to read from the client's filesystem and shove the data across the
network to a COPY FROM STDIN command. In psql what you want is to
use the \copy command --- see the psql reference page for details.
regards, tom lane
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