Hi,
I didn't think that copy did it, I'm adding the headings via a shell script.
Thanks for your suggestion.
Regards,
Sharon Cowling
Quoting John Taylor <postgres@jtresponse.co.uk>:
> On Sunday 26 May 2002 04:22, you wrote:
> > On Sat, 2002-05-25 at 18:38, Sharon Cowling wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am using the copy command to create a .csv file, how do I include the
> table headings, or headings of my choice?
> > > The purpose of this paticular .csv file is to enable the users to
> download data from a web page and then report on it using MS Excel. It works
> fine apart from not having any headings, which the users need as there can be
> a lot of data in the .csv file.
> >
> > It's not possible. COPY is meant to dump raw data from a table.
> >
>
>
> I know it is a bit of a bodge - but ...
> How about having a heading table.
> Then create a view which is a union to the two tables, and copy out the
> view.
>
> JohnT
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