| From: | Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> |
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| To: | Josh Harrison <joshques(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | General postgres mailing list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Question about COPY command |
| Date: | 2009-01-08 13:54:30 |
| Message-ID: | 49660596.5070001@iol.ie |
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On 08/01/2009 13:39, Josh Harrison wrote:
> What is the difference between copying from 'filename' and copying from 'stdin' ???
You'll see COPY from stdin in pg_dump scripts - when restoring via psql,
the entire input to psql is coming from stdin, so COPY FROM stdin tells
it to expect the data from there also.
COPY FROM <filename> tells it to take the input from an external disk file.
Ray.
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