Re: how to use COPY within plperl

Why can you not use simple insert statements (sql insert).
Copy is meant to transfer large amount of data from text files to
databases and vice versa.

- Goutam

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> [mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Marek Lewczuk
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 3:59 AM
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> Subject: [GENERAL] how to use COPY within plperl
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>
> Hello,
> I need to use COPY (instead of INSERT) within plperl
> function. I know that COPY will work if data will be taken
> from file - however I need to use STDIN. I tried this:
> spi_exec_query("COPY sometable (field1, field2) FROM
> stdin;"."\n"."sometext"."\t"."sometext"."\n"."\.")
>
> But it didn't work. Thanks in advance.
>
>
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