Re: running \copy through perl dbi ?

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: David Gauthier <dfgpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: running \copy through perl dbi ?
Date: 2023-12-08 16:01:37
Message-ID: fc49562b-59ce-4092-82b3-1d940d8754d9@aklaver.com
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On 12/8/23 07:45, David Gauthier wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I'm trying to run a PG client side "\copy" command from a perl script.
> I tried using $dbh->do("\\copy ...") but it barffed when it saw the '\'...
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "\"
>
> I can do this with a command line approach, attaching to the DB  then
> run using...
> -c "\copy ...".  But I was wondering if there is a more elegant way to
> do this, maybe some sort of legal SQL command that Perl/DBI would
> swallow ???

Per David Johnston post:

https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::Pg#COPY-support

>
> Thanks in Advance !
>

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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com

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