On fim, 2009-01-08 at 08:39 -0500, Josh Harrison wrote:
> Hi,
> A basic question about the COPY command syntax....
> This is the syntax in the postgres manual.
>
> COPY tablename [ ( column [, ...] ) ]
>
> FROM { 'filename' | STDIN }
> ......
> .....
>
> What is the difference between copying from 'filename' and copying from 'stdin' ???
>
The most important distinction is that 'filename' refers to a file
residing on the *server*, but STDIN is clientside.
For security, the file variant requires superuser privileges.
gnari
