In response to Josh Harrison :
> Hi,
> A basic question about the COPY command syntax....
> This is the syntax in the postgres manual.
>
> COPY tablename [ ( column [, ...] ) ]
>
> FROM { 'filename' | STDIN }
> ......
> .....
>
> What is the difference between copying from 'filename' and copying from 'stdin' ???
Within psql, stdin is your keyboard. Otherwise, you can use COPY in a
UNIX-PIPE.
Andreas
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