Re: Problems when copy data from dump file

Klas Stockhem wrote:
> Does the php engine interpret the big P like a small one?

It's not PHP, but PostgreSQL itself. All names in PostgreSQL are case
insensitive unless you double-quote them. PostgreSQL actually translates

everything to lower-case internally.

CREATE TABLE1 ...; -- gives "table1"
CREATE "TABLE2" ...; -- gives "TABLE2"

SELECT * FROM table1 -- works
SELECT * FROM TABLE1 -- works
SELECT * FROM TaBlE1 -- works
SELECT * FROM "table1" -- works
SELECT * FROM "TABLE1" -- FAILS, actually "table1"
SELECT * FROM table2 -- FAILS, looks for "table2"
SELECT * FROM TABLE2 -- FAILS, still looking for "table2"
SELECT * FROM "TABLE2" -- works

So - if you double-quote a table-name (or function or schema name) when
you create it, you should always double-quote it when using it. I'm
guessing something added double-quotes for you when you created the
schema.

> Is it recommended to always have small letters in schema names?

Personally, I do. I think it looks neater.

> How do I make so I not must type the schema name in every sql query?
> The best would be if I just can type the table name.

There is a variable called "search_path" which controls what schemas are

checked for tables, functions etc. If you have two tables with the same
name but different schemas you'll need to use the <schema>.<table>
format though.

SET search_path = public2,public;
ALTER USER myuser SET search_path = ...
ALTER DATABASE mydb SET search_path = ...

--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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Yes It works fine when I execute the SET command and the ALTER USER
command in the EMS software!
Now my web application return data from the database tables that
contains some data. (I have manually put data in some tables from the
EMS software).

I have "a lot of" data still left in the dump file to put in the
database. I can manually put the data in the tables but this will take
some times.

The data in the dump file are structured and I want to execute this
automatically (copy+paste it) in the EMS software.
I still get the syntax error even if I use the command you send me:
COPY artikkel (id, tittel, tekst) FROM stdin; 1<tab>Title one<tab>Some
text \.

This is the error I get : "ERROR: syntax error at or near "1" at
character 47".

It feels like it is some simple error but I can't find it out. I would
help me a lot if I get a solution.

//Klas