copy limited number of records - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Lee Kindness
Subject copy limited number of records
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Msg-id 15814.37032.424820.311658@kelvin.csl.co.uk
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In response to copy limited number of records  ("Johnson, Shaunn" <SJohnson6@bcbsm.com>)
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Howabout using SELECT INTO ... LIMIT ... to select into a temporary
table and then run COPY on it?

Lee.

Johnson, Shaunn writes:
 > Running PostgreSQL 7.2.1 on RedHat Linux 7.2.
 >
 > I'm using copy to create a bunch of flat files with delimiters
 > and it's going okay.  I've been asked, however, that the clients
 > don't actually want ALL of the data in the table; perhaps about
 > 100 or so records for testing.
 >
 > Is there a way to use limit while using the \copy command?
 > (e.g., \copy t_test_tbl to '/usr/local/home/admin/dev_tbls' using delimiters
 > ',' limit 10)
 >
 > I know the above doesn't work, but, perhaps there is a work around?
 >

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