On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 05:13:22PM +0530, rama krishna wrote:
> I have to copy the file to a table data base
> the command used for this is COPY
> But it showing the error like no permission is granted to
> read the file.
> for this i gave 777 permissions to that file even the same err repeated.
> What to do for this
You don't say which OS or version of postgres. However, COPY from
arbitrary file is limited to superusers and even then, it must be
readable to the backend (including all parent directories.
Perhaps what you're looking for is \copy which work for clients and
doesn't require special permissions.
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