On Aug 13, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:
> I need to write an import function with enough isolation from apache
> daemon.
> Code has no input other than cvs files and a signal about when to
> start the import.
> The sql code that will be executed will be static.
> I may end up writing a mini-daemon that just start a SQL script or
> just pool from cron and feed psql.
>
> If anyone has a better (lazier, cleaner) approach it will be very
> welcome.
Lazier would be using JasperETL or any other ETL tool
Ries
>
>
> copy from file need superuser right. I'd like to avoid it.
> copy from stdin looks just as a burden on me as a programmer.
> \copy seems to be what I'm looking for.
>
> Can I use \copy inside a transaction and is it going to be rolled
> back if something goes wrong?
>
> thanks
>
> --
> Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
> http://www.webthatworks.it
