Re: pasting a lot of commands to psql

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Dmitry Shalashov <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 & relap.io
>
> 2016-07-07 20:26 GMT+03:00 Sameer Kumar <sameer(dot)kumar(at)ashnik(dot)com>:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 8 Jul 2016, 1:23 a.m. Dmitry Shalashov, <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
>>> ',0,NULL,5);
>>> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation'b2b=> INSERT INTO
>>> oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','atn.ua',0,NULL,5);
>>> b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','audit-it.ru
>>> ',0,NULL,5);
>>> b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','aup.ru
>>> ',0,NULL,5);
>>> '
>>> b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','
>>> autocentre.ua',0,NULL,5);
>>>
>>> b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','autodoc.ru
>>> ',0,NULL,5);
>>>
>>> b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','calend.ru'
>>>
>>> b2b(> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','
>>> 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 & relap.io
>>>
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