Mariateresa L <mariateresa.ll@bresciaonline.it> wrote:
> [...] I cannot
> convince psql that the SQL commands (select, insert or
> copy...) it has to handle come from a file.
> I can submit ("\i filename" or "psql --file filename")
> files that contains commands, eg starting with "\" but
> psql does not understand the same sintax if tne file
> contains a simple "SELECT * FROM tablex".
If I understand what you're saying, I can't reproduce the problem.
With a "tmp.sql" containing:
create table nameo (nameo text);
insert into nameo (nameo) VALUES ('bingo'), ('bonzo'), ('bang');
select * from nameo;
I see this behavior:
psql --file tmp.sql
CREATE TABLE
INSERT 0 3
-------
(3 rows)
bang
bingo
bonzo
nameo
I'm on ununtu jaunty, using bash and PostgreSQL 8.3.7.
> P.S. Initially I discarded the use of procedural
> languages (C or ...) for a quick and simpler solution !
Myself, I wouldn't try to put together a db-backed app without
a glue language (e.g. perl).
