From: | Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: pasting a lot of commands to psql |
Date: | 2016-07-07 17:58:36 |
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If, on the wild chance you're an emacs user, if the section is in a
".sql" buffer Ctrl-C Ctrl-B will send the entire buffer. Not sure if
there's a practical limit on the number of line/statements, but I've
used this with a couple of "pages" worth of sql.
On 07/07/2016 11:48 AM, Dmitry Shalashov wrote:
> Oh sweet! Thanks!
>
>
> Dmitry Shalashov, surfingbird.ru <http://surfingbird.ru> & relap.io
> <http://relap.io>
>
> 2016-07-07 20:39 GMT+03:00 Scott Mead <scottm(at)openscg(dot)com
> <mailto:scottm(at)openscg(dot)com>>:
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Dmitry Shalashov
> <skaurus(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:skaurus(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Sameer,
>
> I am trying to copy-paste (and execute) random snippets of SQL
> to psql console.
>
> There is another ways to do it, which do not involve
> copy-paste, but I am wondering why is copy-paste won't work.
> What exactly is happening there...
>
>
> Dmitry Shalashov, surfingbird.ru <http://surfingbird.ru> &
> relap.io <http://relap.io>
>
> 2016-07-07 20:26 GMT+03:00 Sameer Kumar
> <sameer(dot)kumar(at)ashnik(dot)com <mailto:sameer(dot)kumar(at)ashnik(dot)com>>:
>
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Jul 2016, 1:23 a.m. Dmitry Shalashov,
> <skaurus(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:skaurus(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone.
>
> Let say that I have some sql file with like hundred of
> simple statements in it. I `cat` it, copy it to
> buffer, go to my beloved psql and insert it there.
> But somewhere after first few lines it screws over:
>
> b2b=> BEGIN;
> b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites
> VALUES('russian_federation','ati.su
> <http://ati.su>',0,NULL,5);
> INSERT INTO oko_topsites
> VALUES('russian_federation'b2b=> INSERT INTO
> oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','atn.ua
> <http://atn.ua>',0,NULL,5);
> b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites
> VALUES('russian_federation','audit-it.ru
> <http://audit-it.ru>',0,NULL,5);
> b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites
> VALUES('russian_federation','aup.ru
> <http://aup.ru>',0,NULL,5);
> '
> b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites
> VALUES('russian_federation','autocentre.ua
> <http://autocentre.ua>',0,NULL,5);
>
> b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites
> VALUES('russian_federation','autodoc.ru
> <http://autodoc.ru>',0,NULL,5);
>
> b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites
> VALUES('russian_federation','calend.ru <http://calend.ru>'
>
> b2b(> INSERT INTO oko_topsites
> VALUES('russian_federation','calorizator.ru
> <http://calorizator.ru>',0,NULL,5)
>
> Unclosed quotes, unclosed parenthesis - anyway it wont
> work.
>
> How to safely insert big number of statements to psql
> at once?
> I am aware about "execute this file" \i option of
> psql, that is not the answer I am looking for, thanks :-)
>
>
> My personal favorite for this exact thing is to use '\e'
>
> When you are in psql, if you \e (on *nix) it will open a temp
> file in whatever your $EDITOR variable is set ( I use vim). Paste
> your data, then save-close the file. It will put you back into
> psql and execute the command for you.
>
> --Scott
>
>
> What are you exactly aiming to do?
>
> Have you tried -
> psql < myfile
>
>
>
> Dmitry Shalashov, surfingbird.ru
> <http://surfingbird.ru> & relap.io <http://relap.io>
>
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> --
> Best Regards
> Sameer Kumar | DB Solution Architect
> *ASHNIK PTE. LTD.*
>
> 101 Cecil Street, #11-11 Tong Eng Building, Singapore 069 533
>
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>
>
>
>
>
> --
> --
> Scott Mead
> Sr. Architect
> /OpenSCG <http://openscg.com>/
> http://openscg.com
>
>
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