Re: problems with copy command - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Robert B. Easter
Subject Re: problems with copy command
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Msg-id 00050911395203.20915@comptechnews
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In response to problems with copy command  ("Paolo Zampieri" <pzampier@it.ip-plus.net>)
List pgsql-general
On Tue, 09 May 2000, Paolo Zampieri wrote:
> PostgresSQL query failed: ERROR: You must have Postgres superuser privilege
> to do a COPY directly to or from a file. Anyone can COPY to stdout or from
> stdin. Psql's \copy command also works for anyone.
>
> I can't use \copy from php because there is no \copy interface in php, only
> pg_exec(sql command), so the only way is to use stdin!
> Someone has ideas about how to pipe the file and than read the pipe from the
> copy sql command?

Just read the file in row at a time and insert them in a loop?
The opposite to copy it out.  I think you'll have to do it this way.

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Robert B. Easter
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