Re: COPY FROM query. - Mailing list pgsql-sql

"Having said that, if I switch it to a forward slash it works without
error... odd, given that weenblows standard is backslash."

Yes, but PostgreSQL uses a back-slash as an escape character, which needs to
be used to escape itself at an application level before the O/S gets to deal
with it :)

-p


-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org]
On Behalf Of Paul Lambert
Sent: Monday, 12 February 2007 11:09
To: Joe
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] COPY FROM query.

Joe wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 08:19 +0900, Paul Lambert wrote:
>> I'm attempting to copy from a table into a file using a select query
>> inside the copy.
>>
>> The following is my command:
>>
>> COPY (SELECT DISTINCT ON (dealer_id,appraisal_id) * FROM
>> appraisals_temp) TO 'c:\autodrs_appraisal_new.txt' WITH DELIMITER AS '^'
>> CSV HEADER;
>>
>> I get the following returned:
>>
>> WARNING:  nonstandard use of escape in a string literal
>> LINE 1: ...ealer_id,appraisal_id) * FROM appraisals_temp) TO
'C:\autodr...
>>                                                               ^
>> HINT:  Use the escape string syntax for escapes, e.g., E'\r\n'.
>>
>> ERROR: relative path not allowed for COPY to file
>> SQL state: 42602
>>
>>
>> (The caret character is pointing to the M in FROM)
>
> I believe that on Windows you need to use double backslashes, i.e., 'c:\
> \autodrs_appraisal_new.txt', although the regular slash may also work,
> i.e., 'c:/autodrs_appraisal_new.txt'.
>
> Joe
>
>
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If this is the case, it is strange that the first copy statement works
as that is also only using a single backslash.

Having said that, if I switch it to a forward slash it works without
error... odd, given that weenblows standard is backslash.

Thanks for the help though.

--
Paul Lambert
Database Administrator
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