Re: Copy and xml files

COPY works for whole tables, and can't append rows. You're going to have to
escape your linebreaks and tabs to use COPY ... As I recall, you can specify
your own custom column and row delimiters... You might consider creating some
type of primary key for the table. A "serial" column would work fine.

If you want to insert a single row into a table, you'll need to do it with an
insert statement. something like :

# psql your_database -c "insert into t1 (xml_column) values ('`cat
/tmp/file.xml | sed -e \"s/'/''/g\"`');"

HTH,

CG

--- C G <csgcsg39(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I'm trying to insert an xml file into my database. I have a table with a
> single text column. My intention is just to have the xml file take up one
> row in the table.
>
> I've tried the command
>
> COPY t1 FROM '/tmp/file.xml';
>
> but keep getting the error message
>
> ERROR: extra data after last expected column
> CONTEXT: COPY t1, line 32: " <cn type="integer"> 1 </cn>"
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Colin
>
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