On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 03:12:39PM +0700, ria ulfa wrote:
> i use linux fedora 7 and database PostgreSQL 8.
> i want to copy table in postgre to a file.
> i used code : simps=# COPY log TO '/root/documents/log.sql';
> note= simps: name of database
> but there is error: could not open file "/root/documents/log.sql" for
> writing: Permission denied
> what can i do for repair this error??
The user running the database (usually postgres) cannot write to root's
home directory. Simply specify another location, e.g. /tmp/log.sql . The
"COPY TO" command is executed by the server process on the server, so
this process needs the permissions to write the file.
HTH,
Tino.
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