\COPY in psql using \e

I'm connecting to a DB with

psql -h host DB

once in psql I'd like to

\e

create temp table t1 ...;
\copy t1 from 'filename' ...
select * from t1;
[ESC]:x

what I get is:

CREATE TABLE
ERROR: syntax error at or near "select"
LINE 3: select * from t1;
^
\copy: ERROR: syntax error at or near "select"
LINE 3: select * from t1;
^

Now if I do:
\e

create temp table t1 ...;
\copy t1 from 'filename' ...
[ESC]:x
select * from t1;

everything works fine.

I've a lot of script files that actually contain mixed \COPY and
"plain" SQL statement

eg.

truncate table t1;
\copy t1 from 'filename1'
insert into d1...;

truncate table t2;
\copy t2 from 'filename2
insert into d1...;

that I execute as:

psql -h host DB < myscript.sql

and everything is fine.

Of course one solution could be to open a file in vi in a xterm and
execute it from another xterm. Anything cleaner?

thanks

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Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
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