COPY is done with the rights of the server backend, not your client.
You can also use \copy in psql and that is done in the client.
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Olivier Hubaut wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to use the COPY function in v7.3.4 but I have a problem.
> According to the documentation, anyboy having the good rights on the
> table he want to copy could do it without any problem.
>
> When I tried it, I found that using this command is impossible if you
> aren't an administrator for the instance of PostgreSQL.
>
> Is it a bug or a *feature*?
>
> The commands I tried are the followings:
>
> COPY table FROM '/file.sql';
>
> and
>
> COPY table TO '/file.sql';
>
> Thanks for responding.
>
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