Re: How to write a psql command inside a function?

Hi Chris,

I don't have super-user. So I knew I can go with only \COPY command. I want to export the data from a table to a .CSV file. It worked fine when this command is used as a stand-alone. Now, I want to embed this line inside a function. Is there any alternative way for my requirement? Please guide me. John has proposed to see COPY to STDOUT which I am not aware of, and started looking into it. However, the operations I said above have suppose to be done only on the database side!

Thanks and Regards,
Siva.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Travers [mailto:chris(dot)travers(at)gmail(dot)com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 11:12 AM
To: Siva Palanisamy
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] How to write a psql command inside a function?

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Siva Palanisamy <siva_p(at)hcl(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
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> I want to have a psql command '\COPY' inside a function. By default, this
> command works as such. But, not inside a function. Please guide me.
>
I don't think that works I think you have to use SQL commands since,
well, the function is running in the db, not in your client.

Look up the SQL COPY command instead.

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers

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