| From: | Sam Mason <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: \copy command error |
| Date: | 2009-08-03 18:49:25 |
| Message-ID: | 20090803184925.GC5407@samason.me.uk |
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On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 01:18:06PM -0500, erobles wrote:
> Maybe the error is \c because '\c' is used to connect to another
> database.
> try the same line without '\' only :
> copy gisp from d:/projects/gisp/gisp.csv' delimiters ',';
\copy is a special command in psql that does a copy from the system that
psql is running in, rather than a normal COPY command that runs on the
server.
I believe \copy is implemented as a COPY FROM STDIN... with psql
automatically piping the data over the connection for you.
--
Sam http://samason.me.uk/
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