Re: importing a messy text file

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Rémi Cura <remi(dot)cura(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> with latest version 9.3 you can use a copy from with a programm as
> argument.
> You can use the unix | pipe for most of the stuff.
>
> If you have an older version you can use the mkfifo command to "trick"
> postgres into believing he will copy from a file.
>
>
Hi, you're right i can see the new feature in the docs.
But since i am working from the (bash) command line already, i don't see
any use for this.
I already pass the data like this:
cat <file> |psql -c "copy <table> from stdin NULL ''" <db> > <file>.log 2>&1

It's especially handy if you want to stay in sql(transaction), i gues.

Cheers,

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