Re: copy from pipe

From: Skylar Thompson <skylar2(at)u(dot)washington(dot)edu>
To: Hans Ginzel <hans(at)matfyz(dot)cz>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: copy from pipe
Date: 2015-02-17 19:55:01
Message-ID: 20150217195500.GA7362@utumno.gs.washington.edu
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I think you'll want to look at the PROGRAM option for COPY:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/sql-copy.html

Alternatively, you could probably use a named pipe instead of a regular
file and run the command separately from PostgreSQL.

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 08:43:11PM +0100, Hans Ginzel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> please, is it possible to copy from pipe? E.g.
>
> COPY Table_Name FROM 'xzcat file.xz|';
>
> Thank you
> HG

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