>
> Thank _you_.
>
> I didn't see anything in the documentation under COPY TO that
> indicated it should not work with views. Since you say it should
> raise and error, the documentation should probably be updated too.
>
> -Steve Pothier-
>
> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:56:29 -0400
> From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
> Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
>
> Steve Pothier <pothiers@aries.tucson.saic.com> writes:
> > I created a simple view from an existing table. I can select on the
> > view ok but COPY TO "does nothing" (no error, no output).
>
> It should raise an error. Thanks for pointing that out.
OK, the following patch throws an error if you try to COPY TO/FROM
views.
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Index: src/backend/commands/copy.c
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RCS file: /home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/copy.c,v
retrieving revision 1.139
diff -c -r1.139 copy.c
*** src/backend/commands/copy.c 2001/06/08 21:16:48 1.139
--- src/backend/commands/copy.c 2001/07/11 21:50:30
***************
*** 307,312 ****
--- 307,314 ----
{ /* copy from file to database */
if (rel->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_SEQUENCE)
elog(ERROR, "You cannot change sequence relation %s", relname);
+ if (rel->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_VIEW)
+ elog(ERROR, "You cannot copy view %s", relname);
if (pipe)
{
if (IsUnderPostmaster)
***************
*** 330,335 ****
--- 332,339 ----
}
else
{ /* copy from database to file */
+ if (rel->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_VIEW)
+ elog(ERROR, "You cannot copy view %s", relname);
if (pipe)
{
if (IsUnderPostmaster)
