Re: psycopg2 open file for reading

The file open command is:

f = open("/tmp/test.txt","r")

Is this correct? Is the read method syntax correct

On 10/28/2015 07:42 AM, Shulgin, Oleksandr wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Adrian Klaver
> <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>> wrote:
>
>
> The cheat is to read the on disk file and write it into an in
> memory file and then use that with STDIN. Something like:
>
> sql_copy = "COPY " + self.pg_tbl_name
> sql_copy += " FROM STDIN WITH CSV DELIMITER '\t'"
> cur_copy.copy_expert(sql_copy, mem_file)
>
>
> And you don't actually need a "memory file", any object implementing
> "read" method, such as a normal fie object should just work:
>
> file=open('1.txt', 'r')
> cur_copy.copy_expert(sql_copy, file)
>
> --
> Alex
>